Ping is an ICMP packet. Many ISP's do not allow pings and traceroutes. "sendto:
Operation not permitted" indicates that. This could be the reason why you cannot
ping. Try to send a TCP packet. Say a mail or http request. That should get
through.
Also you must set up a default route to the ppp0 interface you just created by
dialing into your provider. pppd can do this for you. You put a the word
"defaultroute" in a separate line in your /etc/ppp/options (or
/etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 .....file).
the manual command is:
/sbin/route add default ppp0
Check your route also:
/sbin/route -n
If you are still having problems, post again. (Would be nice to hear, if my
suggestions were right)
Regards
Bernhard
"Larry G. Gariepy Jr." wrote:
> I am a Debian linux user. I set up ppp to work on my machine about a year and
> a half ago, and I recently acquired a new machine, so now I need to do it
> again. Unfortunately, the second time around has not been easier...
> So I can dial in, run the connect script, and even get an IP address from
> my ISP (dartmouth.edu). However, if I try to ping the other end of the line,
> ping reports an error message "sendto: Operation not permitted". I turned
> debugging on, and there appears to be at least some traffic through the modem
> because I get messages reporting the sending and receiving of magic numbers. I
> emailed the debian list, and showed someone my 'route' output, and he said that
> it looked like the routes were set up correctly.
> I've looked through FAQs at the debian website, and I've read the HOWTO's
> and other docs, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. If anyone has a
> suggestion for me, I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Gariepy
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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