> previously, attempting to make the connection to a site was what > triggered the dailup request
Keep that "demand dial" box checked. [ftp] > no luck with these, time outs and name resolution failures Hm, maybe the link is up but doesn't shove data across. > setting /usr/bin/pppd to root:dailout 0755 ( wrong permissions 4755 ) > I tried everything again after this with no change. If you use the smpppd and kinternet ppp runs as root anyway, so the suid bit isn't needed. > bash doesn't like rsync Install the rsync package. > >Use wget or similar to test http. > nothing still Sorry, this doesn't help. A copy/paste of the screen output would be in order. Or say something like "the command produced no output and hang until I ^C it a minute later". > so should I go get a different one now ? I'm in no position to say but I > don't believe the connection is up, I've had the pc unplugged to use > mail from this pc and the modem hasn't made any connection sounds since > I plugged it back in. There must have been some data exchange between you and your ISP, otherwise your pppd couldn't have obtained the IP number from your ISP. Obviously something is still wrong though. Check in yast that your IP is set to dynamic, and that resolv.conf is modified dynamically. Keep your firewall turned off while testing (turn off at least xntpd, or any other server you don't need). Dialup again and check the log is as before. Did you say the animated data-transfer icon in the panel doesn't appear? Does the two-plugs-connected icon appear? Then please post the outputs of ifconfig ppp0 and route -n, and ping -c3 google.com I'm starting to run out of ideas though. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
