Hi I am debian user not sure if the dial system is the same on mandrake. but if you try
pon plog This should tell your system to dial and login (pon) and the plog should give you access to the dial relative log entries. It will tell you if you have connected to the ISP and authenticated, should also give you some error reasons if not. as for the default gateway, if there is one in place, then pppd will not set up a default route and all you traffic will stay going where it is going, so if you have it set to the local lan somewhere, then when you attempt to access the internet your only going to talk to the local lan. Try removeing the default gatway if all you have is a locallan Alex > hi ken > > i m new to linux myself so u need to pardon my rather amatuerish attempt > here > > i did have problems logging onto my ISP using mandrake 9 and a dialup > account > and this was mostly due to me installing too many options in the first > instance and than not reading the errata on > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/90errata.php3 > > part of which said ... > > ".... > Error scenario: You have an ethernet card for the local LAN and a modem > for > internet access and you can't reach the internet. > > Why: Drakconnect wrongly asks for a gateway, and ppp can't set your modem > connection as the default route. > > Solution: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/network and manually remove the > GATEWAY > entry. > ..." > > of cos .. i dunno if that is really ur problem as i m only guessing at ur > setup here ... > > unfortunately i can't help u with the firewall setup in mandrake 9 as i do > not > use it.. maybe when i get better at this linux thang i'll check it out .. > > as others before me have stated.. a firewall is probably best served using > a > dedicated machine ... and this i have done so using smoothwall... of cos > .. > it is only very very basic .. but it'll do for the time being.. i can't > wait > until i m good enuff to "roll my own" :)) > > hope this helps u a bit > > m > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
