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 1Lgnd5-0007LS-2u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:07:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1379E044C; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 717A4E044C for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD26646FD for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:07:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -6.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4] 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 OSxyierjKYbn for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:07:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from services107.math.uwaterloo.ca (services107.math.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.140.58]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29DA66436A for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:07:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from detritus (dsl-209-183-28-52.tor.primus.ca [209.183.28.52] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by services107.math.uwaterloo.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n29M7709001181 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:07:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: by detritus (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 612CB28798F; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:06:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:06:56 -0400 From: Moshe Kamensky To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: ppp connection problem Message-ID: <20090309220656.GA29769@detritus> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@gentoo.org References: <20090308202032.GA8284@detritus> <342e1090903090931o25474aafl35dc30da5a55fa91@mail.gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/04w6evG8XlLl3ft" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <342e1090903090931o25474aafl35dc30da5a55fa91@mail.gmail.com> X-Accept-Language: en X-Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada X-Editor: Vim 7.2 http://vim.sf.net/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (services107.math.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.140.58]); Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:07:12 -0400 (EDT) X-Miltered: at minos with ID 49B5930B.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Virus-Status: Clean X-UUID: 11fad2d5-9dd6-4ac3-a756-dba32c5f41b0 X-Archives-Salt: 13fcc493-1557-4de8-a838-1d1d07344413 X-Archives-Hash: 033e1ec1e1626a9b6cea7027c2d4c604 --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Daniel da Veiga [09/03/09 12:33]: > 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. > > >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Anyway, my two cent :D >=20 Thanks for the advice. I was told that it is possible to configure the=20 current modem as a router, and that's what I will try next. Generally=20 speaking, I don't understand what is the advantage: the router also=20 needs to be configured, and can also fail? Thanks, Moshe --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkm1kwAACgkQkBjmVsKMBePMlgCgs81zMfZs5YHpBYZy+XZ+vppo aQUAniPWiNVVzfNOrbi0MAjUdrkRZV5s =Gj94 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--