Re: [LUG] Dialup woes (yeah.. again)

[Simon Waters <Simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> OK, i dial up, authenticate, get assigned an IP address and thats about it !!
>
> I am unable to ping the ppp0 address, the remote address (P-t-P), or anything else 
> !!

Okay it didn't work.

> DNS doesn't work... so running 'route' takes ages and only gives the IP 
> addresses...

Most networking commands take "-n" to skip DNS reverse lookup.

route -n 
ipchains -nL
netstat -an

> Can anyone shed light on how the hell to fix this damn annoying problem ?

What did you change to break it?

I think the "-n" tip must be worth a fruit juice, and since I'm
alcohol free these days :(, I'm undermotivated to help more ;)

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