> Well, I wouldn't call myself a networking god or anything, but I
> know my fair share... well, Linux is really * me... I'm using
> pppd and chat to connect to my local ISP...I've got it to dial, it
> varifies my username and password, and I receive 10 lcp packets... well,
> that's all that happens, it doesnt add an entry in the route table, it
> only lists my loopback 127.0.0.1, and ifconfig only reports "l0", no
> "ppp0" entry as I'm told it should... If I try to ftp etc... it says
> that the network is unreachable... I don't know what I'm doing wrong,
> but I've done EVERYTHING that the man pages etc... say to, and even
> reinstalled Linux, and started over, and it's still not working... if
> anyone can help, I would be so greatful, You probably couldn't
> imagine... Thanx for your time...
Check your /var/log/messages
If it say something about "pppd can't replace default route...." or
"can't exec /etc/ppp/ip-up: Exec format error" you should create the
file /etc/ppp/ip-up
BTW: If you get the "Exec format error" you allready have this file,
but the first line "#!/bin/sh" is probably missing.
In the file you should have :
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/route add default gw $5
...plus whatever is present in the file allready.
the #!/bin/sh line is probably there allready, if you
have the file.
Chmod the file to 700.
Make sure you have one or more of your ISP's nameservers listed in
your /etc/resolv.conf, and check that /var/log/messages doesn't
contain more error-messages from pppd.
If everything is as stated above you should have a working ppp
connection (it works for me in RedHat 4.0).
If it still doesn't work, and you're using RH4.0, then mail me
and I'll mail you my scripts.
l8r/Jspr
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