[Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.

[Vincent AE Scott]

Dermot Moynihan(dermoyn at onetel.net.uk)@Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 03:21:10PM +0000:
> I bought my first ever Linux OS Saturday: SUSE 8.1 Pro. Well, after 
> spending all day yesterday trying to get my external modem, which it has 
> recognised, and which appears to work, to dial my ISP's number and get me 
> access to the Internet, and failing dismally, I'm at my wits end.
>  The modem does work - I have Mandrake on another H/D and I checked it 
> there and I was able to get on the Internet no problem.
> Don't assume from the last sentence that I know much about Linux. My 
> knowledge would fit on the head of a pin. And a sharp one at that.
> I'm trying to get away from Gates but alas, the road is all up hill. I may 
> have to invest in a pair of stout boots. They weren't included with the 
> package.

oh dear, thats rather unfortunate.

in what way does it fail under suse?  is the modem dialing out?  lights
flashing, wailing sounds?  or is it failing later on, perhaps at the
authentication stage?

you might want to have a look at the ends of the logfiles for more info
about where its failing.  /var/log/{messages|daemon.log|pppd.log|syslog}
and maybe some others.  (it varies on distros, and i dont know suse)


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