Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 03:17:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Patrick Kimball <cctrails@cape.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Static IP Connection Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971109031614.24154A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199711090404.EAA10208@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > Help! After rigorously following the PPP HOWTO, I get a good dial, login, > > and packet mode on the ppp prompt. The log and ipcp commands show a good > > connection; the hdlc command indicates no errors. But the ping to an > > outside site fails; and the browsers don't work. My ISP has given me a > > static IP, and the routing table shows a proper default route. But after > > about five minutes, the connection dies. I have Linux on another partition > > which works fine with pppd. Thanks, Patrick Kimball. > > Have you got /etc/resolv.conf configured correctly ? What happens > when you ping using an IP number rather than a name ? I'll lay my chips on a routing problem. Once you've dialed in, do this: netstat -r And show me what it says. If that seems to hang and take forever, do this: netsat -rn *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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