OK Jill. Previously you said the connection was exiting with a message
something like "waited to long to connect".
If you *are* still getting that message, your problem is at the ppp level,
not the TCP/IP level. At this point, you need help from someone who knows
the specifics of kppp. I don't; I've always done ppp using chat, a different
dialer, to make the ppp connection.
If the problem is that kppp isn't logging, you at least have to tell us the
exact error message you get, and the context in which it appears, if we are
to have even a chance of spotting the problem. You might also want to send
us the output of "ls -l /var/log" so we can see if ANYTHING is doing current
logging. Also, check with "ps ax | grep sysl" to verify that syslogd is
running (this is the daemon process that actually mansges the logging
procedure).
If you *are not* still getting that message, then you may have a TCP/IP
problem. To find out, open a terminal window (as xterm, an Eterm; whatever
KDE provides) and run these commands:
ifconfig -a
route -n
cat /etc/resolv.conf
The first will give you the settings of all interfaces; we are interested in
the output for ppp0, your PPP interface. The second will list your routing
table; we are interested in the default gateway, the line that has "0.0.0.0"
under "Destination". A ppp connection is supposed to set all this stuff for
you, but again you may have an unusual setup.
The last of those commands will list the nameservers you have listed to use.
PPP doesn't provide nameserver information, at least nt in a form that
Linux's pppd understands. Depending on how your attempts to reach the
Internet are failing, you may just have a DNS problem, not a connectivity
problem. See, for example if you get different results with:
ping comarre.com
ping 63.198.182.124
If the first fails but the second succeeds, you have a DNS problem, not a
connectivity problem. Ask your ISP for the IP addresses of its nameservers,
and put them in /etc/resolv.conf .
At 11:28 PM 5/26/00 +0100, Jill wrote:
>I have tried the grep commands and get no errors for ppp etc. I managed to
>find a kppp-logfile in the root directory and thi is also empty, a couple of
>times tonight I have had the error saying that I did not have my logfile
>switched on, abnd that it wanted to send stuff to the log , anyway the error
>message was " Sorry, cant help you here..
>
>I spoke to the 24 hour helpdesk and they said, if you put your cd it will
>reset the settingsand enable you to connect. 2 major problems here 1, My ex
>has the CD, which is why I installed linuxin the first place, 2 It is
>windows 98. They were not helpful.
>
>I am thinking here that the mchine is logging onto the Network okay, buit
>still does not communicate wit other machines. If this was windows I would
>hazard a guess and say that the tcp-ip settings were incorrect..
>
>Whe I start kppp with the debug option "kpp debug /root/kpp-logfile" it
>connects every single time withiout fail, but cannot gain actual acces to
>the Internet.
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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