Re: [gentoo-user] ppp connection problem

[Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 17:20, Moshe Kamensky
<moshe.kamensky@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to help my father install gentoo on a new computer (I am
> across the ocean). We have a problem with the internet connection. He
> has an adsl account. He runs pppoe-start, and it says that he is
> connected. ifconfig shows that ppp0 is up, and gives an ip address.
> However, I can't ping that address (I get 100% packet loss). He also
> can't ping any address.
>
> We called the ISP, and from their side it seems that he is connected,
> and everything is fine. I don't know where else to look. The log
> messages showed in the beginning messages of the form
>
> LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
>
> but they seem to no longer appear. As I said, I don't even know where to
> start looking for the problem. Any help is appreciated.
>

OK, this may me a little off topic. I don't even know where to start
when it comes to check your dad's connection. Being far away and not
knowing the exact messages, with no access to the machine itself, its
almost impossible to debug and resolve the problem.

My advice: get a router! Configure it for your dad's connection, the
router will assume the PPoE connection, saving you the trouble. It
also will act as a firewall and even if your dad's computer fail, any
other DHCP enabled device connected to the router will have Internet
access.

Anyway, my two cent :D

-- 
Daniel da Veiga