Can't connect to Internet

A resend

Hi,

On Slackware10 suddenly I cannot connect to the Internet with my major ISP skyinet.net. I can login, however, cannot fetch or send mail nor open a web page. I can ping successfully with no package loss.

I redid pppsetup and in kppp deleted and reinstalled this particular ISP the problem remained. I then did tar xf etc.tar which I back-up monthly again no change.

With my second ISP in slackware I have no such problem.

If I boot into RH9 my major ISP skyinet.net works with no problems indicating the problem must lay within the slackware box. this mail is now sent from RH9.

Any suggestions how I will solve this problem?

tail -n 40 /var/log/messages

Aug 27 08:40:23 skyinet gconfd (heisspf-680): starting (version 2.6.2), pid 
680
user 'heisspf'
Aug 27 08:40:23 skyinet gconfd (heisspf-680): Resolved address 
"xml:readonly:/et
c/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source at position 0
Aug 27 08:40:23 skyinet gconfd (heisspf-680): Resolved address 
"xml:readwrite:/h
ome/peter/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
Aug 27 08:40:23 skyinet gconfd (heisspf-680): Resolved address 
"xml:readonly:/et
c/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at position 2
Aug 27 08:46:23 skyinet gconfd (heisspf-680): GConf server is not in use, 
shutti
ng down.
Aug 27 08:46:23 skyinet gconfd (heisspf-680): Exiting
Aug 27 08:57:19 skyinet -- MARK --
Aug 27 09:00:46 skyinet pppd[996]: pppd 2.4.2 started by heisspf, uid 12346
Aug 27 09:00:46 skyinet pppd[996]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 27 09:00:46 skyinet pppd[996]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
Aug 27 09:00:53 skyinet pppd[996]: Remote message: Login Succeeded
Aug 27 09:00:53 skyinet pppd[996]: PAP authentication succeeded
Aug 27 09:00:54 skyinet pppd[996]: local  IP address 202.78.106.39
Aug 27 09:00:54 skyinet pppd[996]: remote IP address 202.78.97.133
Aug 27 09:05:54 skyinet pppd[996]: Terminating on signal 15.
Aug 27 09:05:54 skyinet pppd[996]: Connection terminated.
Aug 27 09:05:54 skyinet pppd[996]: Connect time 5.2 minutes.
Aug 27 09:05:54 skyinet pppd[996]: Sent 2842 bytes, received 1738 bytes.
Aug 27 09:05:54 skyinet pppd[996]: Connect time 5.2 minutes.
Aug 27 09:05:54 skyinet pppd[996]: Sent 2842 bytes, received 1738 bytes.
Aug 27 09:05:54 skyinet pppd[996]: Exit.
Aug 27 09:17:19 skyinet -- MARK --

The time was spent trying to open URL, to fetch mail and to ping.

Thanks & regards

Peter

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I bet you meant "packet loss", ok joke over, now i am not an expert at ppp but a bell rings here when you say i can ping via ppp0 but not connect, it sounds like a domainname problem to me, check that /etc/resolv.conf is getting updated by skynet, check the nameserver IP#'s for skynet and if need be add them in by hand.

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx
search skynet.net

If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
[email protected]
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/


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Thank you so much Richard!

I copied /etc/resolv.conf from RedHat into slackware and I was back in business.

This mail leaves now in slackware with skyinet.net.

Regards

Peter



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