[NBLUG/talk] Can't get online w/new RH8 Install

[Dave Sisley]

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dave Sisley" <dsisley at mail.arczip.com>
Reply-To: talk at nblug.org
Date:  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:18:50 -0700 

<snip!>

Hey, everybody:

Still no luck (but thanks for the help).  I have collected some
info that perhaps will yield some clues (output of ifconfig, route
and a log dump; see bottom of post).
Also, ME suggested I look in /etc/ppp/options for a '#debug'.
There was nothing there except the word 'lock'. Does this mean
anything?  As for Kyle's advice re: nameservers, I have managed to
get them in, but still no luck.

Thanks for taking a swing at this.  I hope to be at the meeting
tonight -- I wouldn't mind chatting face to face!  I don't know
anybody at the meetings by name yet; I've only been to 2 meetings
so far.  Identifying characteristics:  Long hair, glasses, tainted
aura of someone forced to use windows to access the web because of
faulty RH8 upgrade. 

-- Dave.
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Here is the output of ifconfig (after running ifup ppp0 -
otherwise, only lo is listed):

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:7098 (6.9 Kb)  TX bytes:7098 (6.9 Kb)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:66.81.148.151  P-t-P:66.81.235.186 
Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1524  Metric:1
          RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 
          RX bytes:222 (222.0 b)  TX bytes:296 (296.0 b)

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Output of /sbin/route -n (after running /sbin/ifup ppp0).

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref 
  Use Iface
66.81.235.186   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0   
    0 ppp0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0   
    0 lo
0.0.0.0         66.81.235.186   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0   
    0 ppp0

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Relevant contents of /var/log/messages

Mar 11 06:48:34 localhost ifup-ppp: Setting up a new
/etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 config file
Mar 11 06:48:34 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on
/dev/ttyS1 at 115200
Mar 11 06:48:35 localhost pppd[1733]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root,
uid 0
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: WvDial: Internet dialer
version 1.53 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: Initializing modem. 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: Sending: ATZ 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: ATZ 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: OK 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: Modem initialized. 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: Sending: ATDT5081185 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: Waiting for carrier. 
Mar 11 06:48:36 localhost wvdial[1750]: ATDT5081185 
Mar 11 06:49:04 localhost wvdial[1750]: CONNECT 33333 V42bis 
Mar 11 06:49:04 localhost wvdial[1750]: Carrier detected. 
Chatmode finished. 
Mar 11 06:49:04 localhost pppd[1733]: Serial connection established.
Mar 11 06:49:04 localhost pppd[1733]: Using interface ppp0
Mar 11 06:49:04 localhost pppd[1733]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Mar 11 06:49:04 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is
already up
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
ppp-compress-21
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
ppp-compress-21
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost pppd[1733]: local  IP address 66.81.148.151
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost pppd[1733]: remote IP address 66.81.235.186
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost pppd[1733]: primary   DNS address
66.81.7.158
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost pppd[1733]: secondary DNS address
66.81.0.252
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost su(pam_unix)[1799]: session opened for
user root by (uid=0)
Mar 11 06:49:06 localhost su(pam_unix)[1799]: session closed for
user root
[I then have to kill 1733 to turn pppd off...]