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Re: ISDN problems. HELP !!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Igmar Palsenberg)
Sun Nov 22 15:04:54 1998
From: "Igmar Palsenberg" <palsenberg@tebenet.nl>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Cc: <janc@iname.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 21:12:18 +0100
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> Hi,
>
> I have got to setup an Linux ISDN server. Connection goed fine with ipppd,
> and I get an IP addres. The stange thing is, I can't ping the gateway, nor
> the nameserver. What I CAN ping is an address on the same subnet.
This was a problem on the ISP side. After changing ISP, problem solved...
>
> Can someone please shine a light on this ???
>
> The config files are pretty standard, most of them are taken form the
doc's.
>
> Thanks, Igmar Palsenberg
>Have no default route.
>Let ipppd create one automatically to the ppp link only when
>the ppp link comes up. If it is like pppd, you have to put the keyword
>'defaultroute' in one of the config files for ipppd.
There was a default route. Problem was a 'buggy' ISP.
>Have no default route for your local lan either, just a simple route
>for the subnet with the right subnet mask.
>When the ppp link is up, check your routes (route -n) and your ip
>numbers (ifconfig).
>You should be able to ping specific IP numbers then.
>If you cannot ping by name, you need to check /etc/hosts,
>/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/host.conf.
>Happy hunting. It's almost in the bag.
It was easy... I wrote a couple of scripts, and even the auto-dail worked.
It's amazing :)
>--
>Jan Carlson
Thanks for the advice.
>janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
>Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2
Igmar Palsenberg
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