kfoss Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 I am using MDK9.0 on an AMD XP2000+. I have been having problems with dialup internet. When installing MDK9.0 there is always an issue when configuring the networking as the installer only does one connection. The LAN connection which I set up first requests information which is not valid for our network, such as the default gateway. Now I have setup a Kppp connection to my ISP which uses both automatic IP addressing and automatic DNS provision. I can connect no problems to the ISP but I can never access any sites/servers through my ppp connection. I have been through the /etc/sysconfig/network file and have run netconf to ensure that there are no extra gateway settings. Both Galeon and Mozilla do not allow me access any sites under this setup, as if they are looking for a DNS and never finding one. As a method of troubleshooting I have setup a proxy on a WinXP Pro machine and temporarily run all http/ftp/ssl/pop requests through the proxy and it works fine. Any ideas on where to look for the problem? How can I remove/change the default profile under the Mdk Control Center connection app? Kevin Foss Ottawa, Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 I just went through all the sme stuff. WHat you do, is enter a gateway of 0.0.0.0 or whatever non-sense you feal like entering, and then, once you are up and running, log in as root and open up /etc/sysconfig/network THe last line of that text file will say Gateway=0.0.0.0 just delete that entire line. Then you're done. Who is your ISP? It may be that you need some customized PP argumentsfor your login. With MSN you have to enter your user name as MSN/username but that's all. Some others that make you use their own dialers in windows, require some LENGHT custom ogin arguments be entered under the custom PPP arguments tab. Also, how did you set up you KPPP? If you just went to KPPP and did it there, it won't work for you. Linux will assum your internet is via LAN and ignore your modem. What you will need to do in that case is go back to the Mandrake control center and open up the network conections tab (after removing the gateway line from you network file) and re-run the connection wizrd. It will configure multiple connections and then ask you whitch one is the one for the internet. After you dod this, you may need to remove the gateway line again, butthen you're done. Let me know how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfoss Posted May 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 I will try this once I get home to the machine, though I did look last night add there was no gateway entry in the /etc/sysconfig/network file. :( BTW, I also tried setting up a connection through MCC and I still have the same issue. I will reconfirm though. Kevin Foss Ottawa, Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfoss Posted May 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 I spent a couple of hours last night trying to get my dialup to work. I went through as many files as I could find under the /etc/sysconfig/network directories and removed/commented out as many instances of Gateway or DNS IP as I could find. Even then if I used KPPP or GnomePPP I get no results as Galeon or Mozilla both state that they cannot resolve the destination host. So I created a new profile under MCC, and funny thing is it looks pretty much the same as the old one. The old profile brought up kppp to dial. The new profile brings up a "network monitoring" window which has a connect modem button. When I used this button I connected and could access the net properly. However this seems really complicated to dial up as it takes 7 clicks to actual start the dialing process. From a human factors point of view that sucks. :( As well, it never was this bad under MDK 8.x What can I do to my system configuration to allow me to dial and surf just by using a dialer like kppp. If we can't use these dialers, why are they in the distro? Kevin Foss Ottawa, Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted May 22, 2003 Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 Just use kppp. The MCC method is just to create a "simplified" networking configuration, not dialup. Besides.. since you have to be root to run mcc, the configuration will be saved as root anyway, so your regular user cannot use it. Since it works as root, that means the networking configuration already works, so just create a similar configuration in kppp and you should be all set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfoss Posted May 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 I've tried just using kppp and although I can connect and the dialup settings are the same, I cannot browse any websites and the host names cannot be resolved. From what other posters have stated in previous messages, MCC sets up the networking during install and for the most part, it is irreversible. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland Posted May 22, 2003 Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 Mandrake 9.1 ( may be its the same on 9.0 ?) there is some scrips there /etc/sysconfig/network-scrips like drackconnect_conf or ifup-ppp that perhaps can help you good luck roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfoss Posted May 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 I finally made it work. It seems that during installation, the setup files for kppp, that is the .kppprc files were configured for a local DNS. I just copies a kppprc file from a user that was not created during installation and voila, I can browse the net through my dialup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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