can't get dial-up connection to work

I believe I finally got my laptop modem working and now I'm trying to setup
the ppp connection.

I'm using pppsetup and using the following values:

atdt####### - phone number (where ####### is the phone number)
/dev/modem - for device
57500 - baud rate
default init string: "AT&FH0" OK
cpu-net.com - for ispdomain name
67.97..... for nameserver
PAP authentication
I enter my username and login.


When I do a ppp-go it seems to connect after a kind of long nasty-tone.
After I'm connected I can't get to anything. I try pinging google.com but it
never gives any results. I normally connect to the internet from my network
card, would this make a difference? Maybe its trying to find things using my
network card instead of the modem? How can I fix this? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Miguel De Anda <_sodamnmad_@_hotmail_._com_> wrote:

> When I do a ppp-go it seems to connect after a kind of long
> nasty-tone. After I'm connected I can't get to anything. I try
> pinging google.com but it never gives any results. I normally
> connect to the internet from my network card, would this make a
> difference? Maybe its trying to find things using my network card
> instead of the modem? How can I fix this? Any suggestions?

Adding

/sbin/route add default $1

to /etc/ppp/options should create a default route through the PPP
interface that overrides the Ethernet default route. Pppd itself
won't create a default route if a default route already exists,
even with the defaultroute option.

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"Clifford Kite" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Miguel De Anda <_sodamnmad_@_hotmail_._com_> wrote:
>
> > When I do a ppp-go it seems to connect after a kind of long
> > nasty-tone. After I'm connected I can't get to anything. I try
> > pinging google.com but it never gives any results. I normally
> > connect to the internet from my network card, would this make a
> > difference? Maybe its trying to find things using my network card
> > instead of the modem? How can I fix this? Any suggestions?
>
> Adding
>
> /sbin/route add default $1
>
> to /etc/ppp/options should create a default route through the PPP
> interface that overrides the Ethernet default route. Pppd itself
> won't create a default route if a default route already exists,
> even with the defaultroute option.
>
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Cool, thanks. I'll try that tonight when I get home.

"Clifford Kite" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Miguel De Anda <_sodamnmad_@_hotmail_._com_> wrote:
>
> > When I do a ppp-go it seems to connect after a kind of long
> > nasty-tone. After I'm connected I can't get to anything. I try
> > pinging google.com but it never gives any results. I normally
> > connect to the internet from my network card, would this make a
> > difference? Maybe its trying to find things using my network card
> > instead of the modem? How can I fix this? Any suggestions?
>
> Adding
>
> /sbin/route add default $1
>
> to /etc/ppp/options should create a default route through the PPP
> interface that overrides the Ethernet default route. Pppd itself
> won't create a default route if a default route already exists,
> even with the defaultroute option.

hi, i have the same problem.
i did what you wrote but kppp ends soon with, it seems, error #2 (i'm not
sure)

any suggestions?
thanks in advance

PeP <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "Clifford Kite" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Adding
>>
>> /sbin/route add default $1
>>
>> to /etc/ppp/options should create a default route through the PPP
>> interface that overrides the Ethernet default route. Pppd itself
>> won't create a default route if a default route already exists,
>> even with the defaultroute option.

> hi, i have the same problem.
> i did what you wrote but kppp ends soon with, it seems, error #2 (i'm not
> sure)

> any suggestions?

From man pppd:

2 An error was detected in processing the options
given, such as two mutually exclusive options being
used.

Now I have no idea whether this is the error reported by the pppd
front-end kppp or not. I don't use front-ends, and also compile
pppd from the standard pppd source package - something that not all
distributions do. But simply adding that line to ip-up will *not*
affect the pppd options.

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PeP wrote:

> "Clifford Kite" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Miguel De Anda <_sodamnmad_@_hotmail_._com_> wrote:
> >
> > > When I do a ppp-go it seems to connect after a kind of long
> > > nasty-tone. After I'm connected I can't get to anything. I try
> > > pinging google.com but it never gives any results. I normally
> > > connect to the internet from my network card, would this make a
> > > difference? Maybe its trying to find things using my network card
> > > instead of the modem? How can I fix this? Any suggestions?
> >
> > Adding
> >
> > /sbin/route add default $1
> >
> > to /etc/ppp/options should create a default route through the PPP
> > interface that overrides the Ethernet default route. Pppd itself
> > won't create a default route if a default route already exists,
> > even with the defaultroute option.
>
> hi, i have the same problem.
> i did what you wrote but kppp ends soon with, it seems, error #2 (i'm not
> sure)

I think he meant add it to /etc/ppp/ip-up not as he wrote /etc/ppp/options.

Andy.

Andy Furniss <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> PeP wrote:

>> "Clifford Kite" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Miguel De Anda <_sodamnmad_@_hotmail_._com_> wrote:
>> >
>> > > When I do a ppp-go it seems to connect after a kind of long
>> > > nasty-tone. After I'm connected I can't get to anything. I try
>> > > pinging google.com but it never gives any results. I normally
>> > > connect to the internet from my network card, would this make a
>> > > difference? Maybe its trying to find things using my network card
>> > > instead of the modem? How can I fix this? Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Adding
>> >
>> > /sbin/route add default $1
>> >
>> > to /etc/ppp/options should create a default route through the PPP
>> > interface that overrides the Ethernet default route. Pppd itself
>> > won't create a default route if a default route already exists,
>> > even with the defaultroute option.
>>
>> hi, i have the same problem.
>> i did what you wrote but kppp ends soon with, it seems, error #2 (i'm not
>> sure)

> I think he meant add it to /etc/ppp/ip-up not as he wrote /etc/ppp/options.

Thanks! I did mean exactly that and never noticed the error, although
it was mentioned in my reply to his post about the error. That is almost
certainly what caused the error.

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