This is a post for PPP gurus who probably know this stuff backward and
forwards. I am trying to start a PPP connection with my provider and so far
without success.
Following the books I have all the usual stuff - /etc/resolv.conf ,
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets , and /etc/ppp/options files. These are setup
according to the instructions of the provider (ibm.net) and generally agree
with my books.
The modem dials and connects but never transmits any connection info. I
haven't been able to prove it yet, but I think that once that I am connected
the data path reverts back to the ethernet link. I do a "route del
default" before running the PPPD command. If I run it again I get a message
to the effect that the default route does not exist, so that tells me that I
did delete something.
However, the route -n command never shows a default route as in the books,
only the eth0 and io routes even though the route del default command runs
without error the first time. And I never get a PPP route which appears to
be wrong also.
Eventually I will hack through the process and make it work, but I am more
interested in understanding the process than getting Netscape to run.
From the posts, I see that setting up PPP is a problem that most newbies
seem to stumble over. Anybody got any ideas on the subject.