From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgiPW-00044K-Nd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:33:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8A41E05CB; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:31:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A84E05CB for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:31:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C45642F7 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:31:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZB-lp9ALhw+t for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:31:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.148]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79BF164B03 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 9so1095562qwj.6 for ; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:31:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OF3J4cbVB1YjWopmLj4tC9v6xv0kM+B1hXUXGu+ltBI=; b=uq1xQgjSl7a6YwSGToBO0s5ngoveEGnLhbDWq84WoDReSccD0lFY9xVGSfOnHbVldu 75pxuTb9wzlA9eWIiYcefmctP67dwUCbnNp4L+YE2mbj208PccatXkFdPv1fqfrMuUpJ X6l71NngAo5hkqeCgArqv9N8QnNZSCk+0mI6o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DkjkhMAYxbIizN7iYgwwbhwnKTpqqhAzQhzny8Kj/eigmrLan7ix3c4B4NQiWhZVaV t9pD/GyOlfIgpLDsP9MTVyaU0/0n8jY4qTOvqG/InZATZr4Gu6MBlNlbvdXjlVbP/sSJ BOYJRHqD7qk1uzs/eTOQT185ql04rQ7QJ9fy8= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.85.132 with SMTP id o4mr2642445qcl.0.1236616302520; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:31:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090308202032.GA8284@detritus> References: <20090308202032.GA8284@detritus> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:31:42 -0300 Message-ID: <342e1090903090931o25474aafl35dc30da5a55fa91@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ppp connection problem From: Daniel da Veiga To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 29cbc996-947c-42b8-9898-7f1441126a7a X-Archives-Hash: 5374de3ca613d6a4402ec6170566b9bf Message-ID: <20090309163142.ZXjN2oXVQAKa2eID-MaJ9pypOsZYSNVvPZ6LE52eb8c@z> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 17:20, Moshe Kamensky 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