[NTLUG:Discuss] ppp

Jack Snodgrass jack+ntlug at mylinuxguy.net
Tue Jan 28 16:56:03 CST 2003


On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 16:40, terry wrote:
> TJ Davis wrote:
> 
> >
> > Have you tried pinging some ip addresses and domain names?  The IP 
> > Address of the ISP's DNS server would be a good place to start.  If 
> > you can ping ip addresses but no domain names then you have a DNS problem.
> >
> Yes, "network unreachable"  when pinging anything, even the isp's DNS 
> address'.
> 

from the command line...
ifconfig 
will show you what devices you have active and what IP Addresses
they have. if you have a ppp link up, you'll see it and see it's
IP Address.

figuring out if you have a device configured and if it's has an 
ip address is the first step in debuging network problems. 

jack




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