modem is connected but can't access anything

Jestrik · 01-10-2004, 08:47 AM

I have an intel 56k modem and it dials and connects to the net but i can't access anything on the net, it just hangs, see the screenshot below...
http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/100104-snapshot9.jpg

Does anyone have any ideas why ths is happening?

Cheers

P.S. If i get this working it's one more step away from M$ :P

david_ross · 01-10-2004, 08:59 AM

It may be a dns issue - do you get a response from either of the following:
ping -c3 www.linuxquestions.org
ping -c3 64.179.4.146

Jestrik · 01-10-2004, 10:29 AM

Well, there's something wrong, i got this http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/1...snapshot10.jpg

Sorry about terrible quality, saved in poor quality by accident

FiveFlat · 01-10-2004, 11:29 AM

I seemed to have many similar problems using kppp on my RedHat8.0
I am now using wvdial and it works like a charm! (Although I still have to shutdown my eth0, dial the internet, and bring eth0 up again in order to get out to the internet. - That's something you might think of trying)
>/sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
> (dial the internet)
>/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up

give that a shot.

Jestrik · 01-10-2004, 11:49 AM

Jus rewbooted and tried it, it worked but the data trickled in at 0.1k/sec most of the time

however, twice it shot up to 5-6k/sec for about 2 seconds... Any ideas?

FiveFlat · 01-10-2004, 05:40 PM

Was that with kppp or wvdial?

Jestrik · 01-12-2004, 06:37 AM

kppp, is wvdial already installed with fedora?

Cheers

Velinux · 01-12-2004, 08:35 AM

Do you have on-board LAN? Have you tried to disable it in the BIOS?

Jestrik · 01-12-2004, 03:52 PM

Yeah i have, but i use a pci nic, b/c i don't like on-board stuff... I tried to use wvdial but i haven't set it up, where's wvdial.conf?
Cheers

Velinux · 01-13-2004, 08:16 AM

If the modem is connected but you can't open any pages, I'd also suggest to check your firewall settings.

Jestrik · 01-13-2004, 08:25 AM

How can i check what iptables has blocked? Why would it block port 80?

ddstyles · 01-26-2004, 07:40 PM

i get a similar problem that has started in the last week or two - the connection (using kppp) connects ok, seems to hang, and then 2 - 3 minutes later starts working. Seems to have started when i moved the pc to a different phone connection in the same house, but i'm unsure why this would affect it.

madkiss · 01-28-2004, 08:40 PM

i'm using fc yarrow. i have lan card, eth0, and a usr modem, at ttyS0. i use kppp to dial to the ISP using a prepaid i-net card. the problem i used to encounter is that my browzer, Mozilla, can't resolve names even though DNS settings is automatic. when i manually set the DNS, i couldn't log in to the network of the ISP, the pppd times out. i deactivate eth0 before dialing and the problem of unresolved names is gone. would somebody know why?

madkiss · 01-30-2004, 05:39 PM

help urself

http://lists.q-linux.com/pipermail/p...ry/017643.html

ddstyles · 01-30-2004, 06:57 PM

route -n looks like this (xxx replaces real numbers)
192.168.246.xxx 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.246.xxx 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
how do i remove the 2nd line - "route del 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0" no work like it does on a solaris box!! What file does it get this line from? - hosts has 127.0.0.1 in it and nothing else. thanks - duncan