ocilent1 Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 OK here's my problem. I am using MDK 10.1 CE and have a external dial up modem. Now when using KPPP, the modem establishes a connection to my isp normally. However, if I then try to browse the web, check e-mail etc nothing can be found. I can't ping my ISP or anybody else in the world! So I thought there was a problem in my resolve.conf file, but nope, both the DNS addresses for my ISP are in there upon connection to the net. So whats up?? Is there something I am missing? What else should I check? I have never encountered this isssue before using mandrake over the last 4 years! Cheers! OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 I think it is a routing problem. Are you using static IP for any internet card you have? If it is, are you putting something in the default gateway? To check whether the routing table is right, open a console, log in as root, then type this command ifconfig Then search for the line that starts with ppp0 and see the internet address Then type this command route -n Now there should be a line that is similar to the IP address for ppp0 in the gateway section. If not, then you may need to turn off the network card before using dialup by typing this command ifdown eth0 (or whatever). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocilent1 Posted September 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Thanks for your quick response and suggestions DragonMage! :D I will try out your suggestions when I get home tonight! And let you know how I go! BTW, has anybody around here noticed that MDK 10.1 CE iso's are starting to appear on mirrors? eg. http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrak.../iso/10.1/i586/ Cheers! OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocilent1 Posted September 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 OK, I done some more investigation and the problem does not seem to be a gateway issue. here is my ifconfig and route -n output when my connection is up: [root@localhost ocilent1]# ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3914 (3.8 Kb) TX bytes:3914 (3.8 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:203.219.187.5 P-t-P:202.7.190.201 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:11 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:186 (186.0 B) TX bytes:192 (192.0 B) [root@localhost ocilent1]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 202.7.190.201 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 202.7.190.201 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 This is my resolve.conf file and everything seems OK (the DNS servers are correct) domain tpg.com.au #kppp temp entry # nameserver 203.12.160.35 #entry disabled by kppp # nameserver 203.12.160.36 #entry disabled by kppp # nameserver 203.12.160.35 # ppp temp entry #entry disabled by kppp # nameserver 203.12.160.36 # ppp temp entry #entry disabled by kppp nameserver 203.12.160.35 #kppp temp entry nameserver 203.12.160.36 #kppp temp entry Any more ideas anybody?? Before you ask, no I have not got a firewall running as I can't even get internet access, so a firewall is pretty much usless at the moment!! Cheers! OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurking Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Hi oclient, I'm running 10.1 rc1 with no net connection problems from day 1. I looked at my resolv.conf file and the top line reads search vic.optusnet.com.au maybe something to look at :unsure: And I wish I found this post, 3 days ago. The link to pacific.net would have saved me from downloading from the Netherlands at only about 80-90kB/s. Oh! well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Hmm.. why do you have a domain tpg.com.au in your /etc/resolv.conf ? and what happened if you try pinging the IP address (number) to the nameserver directly. It's weird that it is routed to Indonesia (202.7.190.201) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocilent1 Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 SOLVED OK guys I have solved my problem, it was the 2.6.8.1 kernel that was the issue. After I finally got around to looking at the syslog, I noticed that the kernel was complaining about compression errors and dropping packets from ppp all the time, so I just simply installed the 2.4.27pre2 kernel that came on the cd and then my modem connection worked again! Crappy 2.6.8.1 kernel, I will have to file a bug report! Thanks for all your help guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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