modem issue
 

i know this sounds strange, but anyway.
i`ve just managed to connect my nokia 6310i to my laptop and using it as a modem. now, i`ve gone through the pppsetup, and everything seems to work fine. when i type ppp-on, the phone dials up and establishes a connection (according to /var/log/messages). also the phone indicates that a data call is being made.

and when i use the epiphany browser it does not display any web sites. when i use the ping command on ip adresses it seems to work fine. when i tried the lynx browser it didnt manage to connect to any websites.

this is my first time i juse a modem in linux. are there any other files i have to configure? my distro is just out of the box.

i know this question sounds a bit diffuse, but how can i verify that i`m correctly connected to my isp?

So you dial and connect and can ping but no surfing?? Are you sure that you entered the DNS right when you went though the setup??

What does your /etc/resolve.conf (I think its that one that has dns stuff in it) have in it?

Adam

just went trough the pppsetup and it all went without problems.
but now i`m wondering what permissions the different commands should use with the ppp-on and pppd (and more??)

regards

so you can "ping" but you cant make a "http" connection? are you pinging the same url that are attempting to make the "http" connection? hmmm... have you tried other things like "ftp" and "traceroute"? in general, i have found that if you can ping-em then usually all is well...

Aldebaran,
If you are looking to let regular users connect, look into sudo.

hello.
thanks for replies. i`ve just been a bit confused with the manual settings of my connection. but now it all seems to be ok.
now i just have to look into the sudo so that i`m able to connect without the use of root.

regards

This should give all users access without changing sudo:
chmod 6755 /usr/sbin/ppp-on
chmod 6755 /usr/sbin/ppp-off
chmod 6755 /usr/sbin/pppd
chmod 644 /etc/ppp/options
chmod 644 /etc/ppp/pppscript
If you want to hide the ISP password info from users:
chmod 600 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets

Also:
ln -s /usr/sbin/ppp- on /usr/bin/ppp-on
ln -s /usr/sbin/ppp-off /usr/bin/ppp-off
ln -s /usr/sbin/pppd /usr/bin/pppd
/usr/sbin will not be in a regular user's PATH.