PPP is Dying --- Net Connection HELP
 

Ok, I am trying to get my Linux RedHat 8 box connected to the net. I am using wvdial
and have run wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf and all hardware is OK.

I have entered the info for my ISP (ukfsn UK Free Software Network) :-


[ukfsn]
Phone = 08456651575
Username = [username]
Password = [password]
Stupid Mode = 1


The trouble is (and with currently 5 prior different ISP's) is that PPP always dies. None of these
ISP's state what you should do with your hosts or resolve.conf files which I think are the cause
of the problem here. At the moment mine are set to:-


/etc/hosts
192.168.1.1 brambles.ambientaether.net
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain.net localhost

/etc/resolve.conf

search ambientaether.net
nameserver 192.168.1.1

I am also trying to set this box up as a gateway in a small 2 machine network. Ambientaether is my domain
so I figured its ok to use that domain here and subdomain the host with '.brambles'

Will these effect my net connection attempts? The ISP do not say to do anything to DNS settings although many
others do.... This is REALLY confusing!

Try this and post any error messages you find:
grep pppd /var/log/messages

Also it looks like you are setting your DNS to your local lan. Try removing nameserver 192.168.1.1 from the /etc/resolve.conf and