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Alright Linux Gurus. This question should anyone decide to accept it, will
self destruct whenever the news admin. decides to kill it or when it has been
deemed an impossible task.

THE SENARIO
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I have a P133 with Slackware Linux running on its own 850MB hard disk. With
24MB of RAM, 100MB partitioned for swap space, 120MB for /, and 600MB for
/usr. The kernel is 1.2.13 and has been compiled with IP foward., TCP/IP support
, (in short) the works. I have an internel modem which registers as /dev/cua0,
a ppp account which runs a login script I created called pppscript. My ISP
requires that upon login and account password verification another challenge
password be provided which is generated from a calculator that they provide.
This means I must use minicom to login because the number changes every time
I login. When I've completed the login process, I am provided an IP address
immediately instead of the pppd negotiating it. I quit minicom w/out resetting
the modem and start the pppd with the folling syntax:

        pppd -d -detach /dev/cua0 crtscts (any other variation closes the line)

After typing ifconfig, I see that the P-n-P point accurately to the other
machine and the local IP address is the one provided by the ISP (I don't have
an Ethernet card yet).  I am able to ping only the other machine. Any other
command (telnet, ftp, ping) presents me with "Network Unreachable".
I have edited the resolv.conf file so that the proper domain and nameserver(s)
are in there. I have localhost(127.0.0.1) and my local IP(0.0.0.0) setup in
hosts.

THE QUESTIONS (bout time, huh)
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1) What files need to be edited to get my machine access to the world outside?
   (Hint: I've already read the HOWTo's to no avail.)
2) How do I get Netscape utilize my DISPLAY variable ? (I get 'Can't Connect to
     Socket()' messages then it quits)
3) Can the 'named' daemon run at the same time as pppd ? (When I tried it,
   the named knocked off the connection to my ISP)

I know this was a long one, but I've read to many replies that ask for more
information and details. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Email me if necessary.

thanks,
Wallace Barnes III

Quote:>    pppd -d -detach /dev/cua0 crtscts (any other variation closes the line)

/usr/sbin/route add default gw (whatever ip is on the otherend of the PPP link)

That should allow you to forward all your packets through the PPP link..

Quote:>1) What files need to be edited to get my machine access to the world outside?
>   (Hint: I've already read the HOWTo's to no avail.)

Quote:>2) How do I get Netscape utilize my DISPLAY variable ? (I get 'Can't Connect to
>     Socket()' messages then it quits)

Quote:>3) Can the 'named' daemon run at the same time as pppd ? (When I tried it,
>   the named knocked off the connection to my ISP)

Later..
Anthony Stevens

Something else which I just read on Richard Hart's HOWTO page is
that the cua# things should not be used.  Instead, you should use
the ttys# ids.  Just $0.02 worth of info from my readings.  :-)

Do you have "defaultroute" in your PPP options?

You can drop the "-detach".

Do you have a bogus default route in your startup scripts?  (This is
unlikey if you don't have ethernet yet).

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