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PPP Problem

  • 14-10-2001 8:14pm
    #1
    Patrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭


    I've setup a connection to iol nolimits with pppconfig. For some reason when I try and use wvdial when it connects it displays the login: prompt and password prompt but when wvdial tries to put in the username and password it just keeps bringing the prompts back.
    The problem is after I've connected with the command 'pon iol' I can't ping any ip or host name. What I have to do is type 'ifconfig ppp0' to get the inet address and then type 'route add default gw inetaddr'. Then I can ping hostnames etc. This is quite annoying to have to issue this command every time. I've turned the defaultroute option in ppconfig on, still no luck..

    Any help appreciated.


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  • #2
    moist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭moist


    Ok, I'll bite, Its been a while since I fiddles with pppd (FreeBSD's user-ppp is _sooo_ simple :))
    and when I did I just wrote my own chat scripts, never bothering with these wvdial thingumies...

    Originally posted by Patrick
    I've setup a connection to iol nolimits with pppconfig. For some reason when I try and use wvdial when it connects it displays the login: prompt and password prompt but when wvdial tries to put in the username and password it just keeps bringing the prompts back.

    AFAIK nolimits authenticates based on your phone number as againse a username and password,
    So I'm not sure weather your even supposed to enter them or not.
    Try it with eircom/indigo/other...

    The problem is after I've connected with the command 'pon iol' I can't ping any ip or host name. What I have to do is type 'ifconfig ppp0' to get the inet address and then type 'route add default gw inetaddr'

    Curious, are you sure that pppconfig is actually using/adding the "defaultroute" option ?
    You could try manually adding it to /etc/ppp/options.
    I'll see if I have a linux boot disk lying around, boot into that and see if I can grab my old pppd/chat scripts...
    Or, you could find the howto and get your hands dirty :)


  • #3
    Patrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭Patrick


    'defaultroute' was not specified in the /etc/ppp/options.
    I add it to the end of the file, ie 'defaultroute' dialed up but I still could ping nowhere and even if I did a 'route add default gw inetaddr ' I still got nowhere.
    I can dial eircom fine with wvdial.


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