Strange problem with SuSE 9.2

I used to run on SuSe 9.0 and used two independent ISPs to connect
to Internet through US Robotics external modem via either one of the
two providers with no hassle at all.

Recently I upgraded to SuSE 9.2 by fresh installation from scratch
and connection to one of the providers still works O.K. while
connection to another is broken in a strange way:

Computer does connect through Kinternet but acts as if it is not
connected,namely although

# ifconfig -a

shows that my computer got 212.200.136.121 IP address,ping to any
computer,including its P-t-P at 212.200.136.100 does not respond
untill I ctrl-c out of it.

My Kinternet icon shows a connection,connection time is ticking
and my available time with ISP decreases for the amount I spent
"connected".

I even reinstalled SuSE 9.0 and again got connection to both ISPs
configured within minutes with no glitch at all.

I installed 9.2 again from scratch,same results: Connection to first
ISP works while connection to the second one is brokem the same way as
after the first installation of 9.2: Time is ticking as if connecton is
established but computer acts as if it is not connected.

It pings itself (212.200.136.121) successfuly but no other IP
address and traceroute fails at the very first and all other hops.

I wonder what changed from Suse 9.0 to 9.2 to give me so much
trouble.

Suggestions will be accepted with gratitude.

Kerti

On 22 Dec 2004 10:06:57 -0800, Kerti
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> I used to run on SuSe 9.0 and used two independent ISPs to connect
> to Internet through US Robotics external modem via either one of the
> two providers with no hassle at all.
>
> Recently I upgraded to SuSE 9.2 by fresh installation from scratch
> and connection to one of the providers still works O.K. while
> connection to another is broken in a strange way:
>
> Computer does connect through Kinternet but acts as if it is not
> connected,namely although
>
> # ifconfig -a
>
> shows that my computer got 212.200.136.121 IP address,ping to any
> computer,including its P-t-P at 212.200.136.100 does not respond
> untill I ctrl-c out of it.
>
> My Kinternet icon shows a connection,connection time is ticking
> and my available time with ISP decreases for the amount I spent
> "connected".
>
> I even reinstalled SuSE 9.0 and again got connection to both ISPs
> configured within minutes with no glitch at all.
>
> I installed 9.2 again from scratch,same results: Connection to first
> ISP works while connection to the second one is brokem the same way as
> after the first installation of 9.2: Time is ticking as if connecton is
> established but computer acts as if it is not connected.
>
> It pings itself (212.200.136.121) successfuly but no other IP
> address and traceroute fails at the very first and all other hops.
>
> I wonder what changed from Suse 9.0 to 9.2 to give me so much
> trouble.
>
> Suggestions will be accepted with gratitude.
>
> Kerti
>
What does "route -n" show uder each OS when connected? You need a
default route via the ppp interface.


--
"Cow fault??? Have you progressed from BSD to BSE?"
cowsay -b "Prepare to be assimoolated! "

Bill Marcum wrote:
> On 22 Dec 2004 10:06:57 -0800, Kerti
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> > I used to run on SuSe 9.0 and used two independent ISPs to connect
> > to Internet through US Robotics external modem via either one of
the
> > two providers with no hassle at all.
> >
> > Recently I upgraded to SuSE 9.2 by fresh installation from scratch
> > and connection to one of the providers still works O.K. while
> > connection to another is broken in a strange way:
> >
> > Computer does connect through Kinternet but acts as if it is not
> > connected,namely although
> >
> > # ifconfig -a
> >
> > shows that my computer got 212.200.136.121 IP address,ping to any
> > computer,including its P-t-P at 212.200.136.100 does not respond
> > untill I ctrl-c out of it.
> >
> > My Kinternet icon shows a connection,connection time is ticking
> > and my available time with ISP decreases for the amount I spent
> > "connected".
> >
> > I even reinstalled SuSE 9.0 and again got connection to both ISPs
> > configured within minutes with no glitch at all.
> >
> > I installed 9.2 again from scratch,same results: Connection to
first
> > ISP works while connection to the second one is brokem the same way
as
> > after the first installation of 9.2: Time is ticking as if
connecton is
> > established but computer acts as if it is not connected.
> >
> > It pings itself (212.200.136.121) successfuly but no other IP
> > address and traceroute fails at the very first and all other hops.
> >
> > I wonder what changed from Suse 9.0 to 9.2 to give me so much
> > trouble.
> >
> > Suggestions will be accepted with gratitude.
> >
> > Kerti
> >
> What does "route -n" show uder each OS when connected? You need a
> default route via the ppp interface.
>
>
> --
> "Cow fault??? Have you progressed from BSD to BSE?"
> cowsay -b "Prepare to be assimoolated! "


Here we go:First output is from the non-working ISP and the second
one
is from working ISP

linux:~# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
212.200.136.100 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
0.0.0.0 212.200.136.100 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
ppp0
linux:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
194.106.162.43 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
0.0.0.0 194.106.162.43 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
ppp0
linux:~ #
Thanks,
Kerti

Bill Marcum wrote:
> On 22 Dec 2004 10:06:57 -0800, Kerti
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> > I used to run on SuSe 9.0 and used two independent ISPs to connect
> > to Internet through US Robotics external modem via either one of
the
> > two providers with no hassle at all.
> >
> > Recently I upgraded to SuSE 9.2 by fresh installation from scratch
> > and connection to one of the providers still works O.K. while
> > connection to another is broken in a strange way:
> >
> > Computer does connect through Kinternet but acts as if it is not
> > connected,namely although
> >
> > # ifconfig -a
> >
> > shows that my computer got 212.200.136.121 IP address,ping to any
> > computer,including its P-t-P at 212.200.136.100 does not respond
> > untill I ctrl-c out of it.
> >
> > My Kinternet icon shows a connection,connection time is ticking
> > and my available time with ISP decreases for the amount I spent
> > "connected".
> >
> > I even reinstalled SuSE 9.0 and again got connection to both ISPs
> > configured within minutes with no glitch at all.
> >
> > I installed 9.2 again from scratch,same results: Connection to
first
> > ISP works while connection to the second one is brokem the same way
as
> > after the first installation of 9.2: Time is ticking as if
connecton is
> > established but computer acts as if it is not connected.
> >
> > It pings itself (212.200.136.121) successfuly but no other IP
> > address and traceroute fails at the very first and all other hops.
> >
> > I wonder what changed from Suse 9.0 to 9.2 to give me so much
> > trouble.
> >
> > Suggestions will be accepted with gratitude.
> >
> > Kerti
> >
> What does "route -n" show uder each OS when connected? You need a
> default route via the ppp interface.
>
>
> --
> "Cow fault??? Have you progressed from BSD to BSE?"
> cowsay -b "Prepare to be assimoolated! "


Here we go:First output is from the non-working ISP and the second
one
is from working ISP

linux:~# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
212.200.136.100 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
0.0.0.0 212.200.136.100 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
ppp0
linux:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
194.106.162.43 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
0.0.0.0 194.106.162.43 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
ppp0
linux:~ #
Thanks,
Kerti