[NTLUG:Discuss] PPP Internet connection problems - Mandrake 9.1

[kdj1@ticnet.com]

Ok, I tried the < /sbin/route add default ppp0  > with no luck.

Try 1:  after connecting with kppp as user, open terminal, su & execute 
the route command.  Results:  no change.  Pings result in 100% packet loss.

Try 2:  on boot, with initial root login, kppp not running.  Result:  
'device not found' error.  Appears to require kppp to be running to have 
the device or my modem is something besides ppp0.  However, it did take 
the command in 'Try 1' above when kppp had made connection, so it would 
appear that device ppp0 does exist when the modem is connected under the 
user account.

Any other ideas?

Best regards,

Dan F.

Randall Gibson wrote:

> kdj1 at ticnet.com wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the Google reference, Jack!  The ping error message is 
>> corrected and, after a chmod, ping can be executed by all users.  Now 
>> internet shows 100% packet loss, while lan still shows good.  
>> Interesting note - while viewing ping file permissions, Konqueror 
>> showed that user/group was root, user had r-w-e, group and others had 
>> r---e permissions.  Sure wasn't so.  Ping only worked from root until 
>> I did a chmod +s on it.
>
>
> On my laptop, whenever I connect via ppp, I have to modify the routing 
> table because it doesnt seem to get done corectly by ppp. Something to 
> do with a previous default route (lan)
> Try this:
> /sbin/route add default ppp0
> Hope that helps :)
>
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