I'm still trying to connect my Mandrake 8.1 box to the
Internet via an Earthlink/Mindspring DSL connection.
I've gone over the various suggestions I've gotten
from this list and others, done some reading and
reconfiguring. I'm not there yet, but I'm closer.
Here's what's going on:
I'm using the rp-pppoe gui. When I start the link,
the gui appears to connect, that is, it goes 'green'.
However, I can't connect with either a Web browser, or
any mail client. I have checked /etc/resolv.conf and
/etc/ppp/resolv.conf and they have the correct entries
for Mindspring's DNS servers.
But, I CAN ping various web sites using their IP
addresses.
Now, an ifconfig brings up the following info:
[root@localhost root]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:7C:BC:C7
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:67 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:97 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:5849 (5.7 Kb) TX bytes:12355 (12.0 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xec00
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:39039 (38.1 Kb) TX bytes:39039 (38.1 Kb)
I'm wondering if that 'lo' entry is the problem. My
recollection of local loopback means that the PC is
only sending IP to itself? I'm not sure why I can
ping, unless the loopback doesn't apply to ICMP
packets. In any case, if this is a problem, can
someone tell me? Also, if it IS the problem, how do I
get rid of it permanently? I've looked thru linuxconf
and several man pages to no avail!
Also, in the HOW-TO-CONNECT doc for rp-pppoe they say
"DO NOT configure the card to come up at boot time."
How do I do this?
AND here's another possible cause of my problem. Is
httpd supposed to be running? When I do a 'ps -A'
while rp-pppoe is connected I get this:
PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:04 init
3 ? 00:00:00 keventd
4 ? 02:07:10 kapm-idled
5 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd_CPU0
6 ? 00:00:00 kswapd
7 ? 00:00:00 kreclaimd
8 ? 00:00:00 bdflush
9 ? 00:00:00 kupdated
10 ? 00:00:00 mdrecoveryd
113 ? 00:00:00 devfsd
142 ? 00:00:00 open
147 vc/11 00:00:04 Monitor-NewStyl
897 ? 00:00:00 khubd
1360 ? 00:00:00 portmap
1382 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
1390 ? 00:00:00 klogd
1484 ? 00:00:00 apmd
1509 ? 00:00:00 atd
1589 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
1767 ? 00:00:00 gpm
1964 ? 00:00:00 crond
1988 ? 00:00:01 xfs
2176 vc/1 00:00:00 mingetty
2177 vc/2 00:00:00 mingetty
2178 vc/3 00:00:00 mingetty
2179 vc/4 00:00:00 mingetty
2180 vc/5 00:00:00 mingetty
2181 vc/6 00:00:00 mingetty
2182 ? 00:00:00 kdm
2193 ? 00:00:24 X
2194 ? 00:00:00 kdm
2296 ? 00:00:00 startkde
2316 ? 00:00:01 medusa-idled
2392 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
2395 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
2398 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
2405 ? 00:00:03 artsd
2444 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
2472 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
2473 ? 00:00:00 ksmserver
2482 ? 00:00:03 kdeinit
2484 ? 00:00:03 kdeinit
2486 ? 00:00:04 kdeinit
2494 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
2495 pts/0 00:00:00 cat
2497 ? 00:00:00 alarmd
2927 ? 00:00:05 wish
2928 ? 00:00:00 ifconfig <defunct>
3049 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
3053 ? 00:00:00 kdesud
3253 ? 00:00:00 xinetd
3457 ? 00:00:00 gnome-terminal
3459 ? 00:00:00 gnome-name-serv
3461 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
3462 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
3499 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit
3593 ? 00:00:00 adsl-connect
3607 ? 00:00:00 pppd
3608 ? 00:00:00 pppoe
3656 pts/1 00:00:00 ps
Now, httpd is nowhere to be found. Should it be there?
Sorry for the length of the post, but I wanted to be
as detailed as a newbie can be about my suspicions and
my questions.
=Paul "How do I work this?" Schwebel
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