[RHCE] Help needed

[Jon Carnes]

Could definitely be your firewall, but that normally wouldn't stop your
traffic from going out (and being responded to).  
It could be:
 - You are not getting a DHCP address/network/gateway once you dial-up.
 - Your PPPd software is not setting your default route to point down
the dialed up line
 - Your modem/dial-up is not actually connecting.

To check on your network interfaces use the command:
  ifconfig

Do this before and after a dial-up to see if a new network interface has
been added after the dial-up.

If you are connecting, and getting an ip address from your ISP, then
check the routing. To check on your routing:
  netstat -nr

Do this before and after a dial-up to see if the routes have been
properly modified - the default (0.0.0.0   0.0.0.0 route should point to
your dial-up ISP)

Good Luck - Jon Carnes

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 04:37, omprakash agarawal wrote:
> HI,
> 
> Please check the firewall settings of ur linux box and
> let me know if it works. 
> bye
> 
> 
> --- Chinmay T Hegde <chinmay_t_h at rediffmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi guys!
> > I'm Chinmay from India. I've got a problem in
> > dial-up connection, 
> > as I get the letters for the trilug, I thought of
> > asking u ppl abt 
> > that.
> > i.e. I'm able to connect to internet with KPPP or
> > wvdial, but I'm 
> > not able to browse the web. When I try to browse it
> > gives a 
> > message that unable to resolve hosts. I checked the 
> > /etc/resolv.conf and entered the DNS server IP
> > address of my ISP. 
> > Even though I'm not able to connect. Then I tried to
> > connect to 
> > the ISP's main server by giving it's address
> > statically, the bytes 
> > transfer was a little faster than the earlier, but
> > no connection 
> > to any sites. The problem is I'm able to connect
> > from Windows with 
> > the same PC and modem and browse easily, Linux
> > identifies the 
> > modem and establishes connection to the internet
> > but, doesn't 
> > allow me to browse the sites. What may be the
> > problem? I request u 
> > ppl to help me. Thanks a lot.
> > 
> > 
> > -Chinmay
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