basic question - internet access using ppp

[Philip, Anil]

Brian,
Thanks for your reply! I am running it from my home computer (no firewall!).
1) no messages from pppd. it does not say it has created the connection. it
just says "trying to connect..."
2) pppd. the Debug button in the dialup configurator shows the log trace
3) yes, I try to ping. but since i did not know an actual i.p. address
offhand, I tried to ping cnn.com and also and bring up the browser to go to
cnn.com. failed.
4) yes, doing a ps shows pppd was still running.
thanks,
Anil.
----------BEGIN-LOGFILE---------------
WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
Initializing modem.
Sending: ATZ
ATZ OK
Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 OK
Modem initialized.
Sending: ATDT 8164120952
Waiting for carrier.
ATDT 8164120952 BUSY
The line is busy.  Trying again.
Sending: ATDT 8164120952
Waiting for carrier.
ATDT 8164120952 BUSY
The line is busy.  Trying again.
Sending: ATDT 8164120952
Waiting for carrier.
ATDT 8164120952 CONNECT 40000 V42bis
Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.
** Welcome to KC1-DIAL3 **

login:
login:Looks like a login prompt.
Sending: glorbX at showmeisp.net
glorbX at showmeisp.net
Password: Looks like a password prompt.
Sending: (password)

PPP session from (206.57.114.4) to 206.57.114.127
beginning....~}#@!}!}!} }4}"}&} } } }
}%}&jqf7}'}"}(}"V~PPP negotiation detected.
Starting pppd at Sun Jul  1 13:53:35 2001
----------END-LOGFILE---------------

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Densmore [mailto:DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:06 PM
To: 'Philip, Anil'
Subject: RE: basic question - internet access using ppp

Looking in the logfile would be a good starting point. It sounds like it is
working, after you connect and log in there really isn't anything else to do
except open up a browser and start surfing.
If the logfile doesn't help

Questions:
1) Do you see any messages from pppd?
2) What are you using for dialing? Can you watch the log file?
3) after it does nothing did you try to ping some internet address?
4) Is pppd still running in background at this point?

You might have a firewall problem, make user you have Redhat configured to
allow http traffic from and to you box.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip, Anil [mailto:aphili01 at sprintspectrum.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:12 AM
> To: 'kclug at kclug.org'
> Subject: basic question - internet access using ppp
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I recently got an isp, glorb.com, who will let me use ppp to 
> connect to the
> internet. Red Hat Linux 7.0.
> When I edited the dialup config and tried to connect, it logs 
> in and bring
> up the pppd. But then after that it does nothing.
> I entered in the dns ip addresses too, but to no avail. 
> Any help, much appreciated.
> thanks,
> Anil
> 
> 
> majordomo at kclug.org
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