Hi have you checked whether the default route is being assigned to ppp0 and not eth0. good luck
On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 11:17 +1300, Matthew Whiting wrote: > Hey cheers all for your suggestions so far. Appreciate your help! > > Am still stuck, so thought I'd backtrack and explain what I've done so > far. Basically followed through the instructions on > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=93852 except used the > ltmodem-3.81b1.tar.gz package as suggested by ebonflame. Thought this > would mean I would be okay with gcc 4.0 instead of 3.4. However, > installation failed without 3.4 and I had to install. No problems however > with further installation and I thought everything was sweet when my modem > was detected by gnome-ppp and dialed. But alas... it don't want to stay > connected. Grrgh. > > Any further thoughts as to how I could diagnose and sort this problem > would be cool... Damn, I wish I hadn't bought a winmodem!!! > > Cheers > Matt > > > Matthew Whiting wrote: > >> Okay, from /var/log/syslog: > >> > >> Feb 24 13:27:42 localhost kernel: [4300481.877000] PPP generic driver > >> version 2.4.2 > >> Feb 24 13:27:42 localhost pppd[9069]: pppd 2.4.3 started by matthew, uid > >> 1000 > >> Feb 24 13:27:42 localhost pppd[9069]: Using interface ppp0 > >> Feb 24 13:27:42 localhost pppd[9069]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyLTM0 > >> Feb 24 13:27:44 localhost pppd[9069]: Modem hangup > >> Feb 24 13:27:44 localhost pppd[9069]: Connection terminated. > >> Feb 24 13:27:44 localhost pppd[9069]: Exit. > >> > >> So, yep, two seconds and it disconnects. That's all I can come up with > >> from the logs. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Matt > >> > >>> On my distro ppp logs to various files depending on the type of output > >>> in; > >>> > >>> /var/log/daemons/ > >>> > >>> Cheers Ross Drummond > >>> > >>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:49, Nick Rout wrote: > >>>> somewhere in /var/log i would think. > >>>> > >>>> if you can't find it quickly run: > >>>> > >>>> cd /var/log > >>>> grep ppp * -r > >>>> > >>>> and you should find ppp's logs. > >>>> > > > > Matt, here is my /etc/ppp/options, this was given me by a kindly Telstra > > tech some years ago to deal with problems I had connecting. give it a try. > > > > ==== cut here ==== > > lock > > noauth > > defaultroute > > ipcp-max-configure 65 > > ipcp-accept-local > > ipcp-accept-remote > > idle 600 > > ==== cut here ==== > > > > John > > > > > > >
