[Gllug] DNS and modem woes

[Vincent AE Scott]

Wayne Allen(wayne at micromouse.freeserve.co.uk)@Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:13:17PM -0000:
> 
> Having recently updated SUSE to 8.1 (from 8.0) I am having problems with
> the modem, and I think possibly the DNS. When I connect with wvdial it
> connects and displays locla/remote/primary/secodary IP's but takes
> around 2 minutes to return 
> Pppd: script /etc/ppp/ip-up run sucessful
> Default route OK
> Nameserver (DNS) OK
> Connected.....
> 
> At the same time I loose all connections into the machine from the
> internal network (SSH)....changing firewall rules????

dunno, could be.  what does iptables show?

 
> Any ideas please?

maybe you loose connectivity from the LAN side, when teh default route
is changed?

have you looked in the log files?  try tailing the log file when you try
an start a conenction, that'll give you an idea at what its hanging at.

what makes you think its a DNS problem?  can you reach sites on the
internet via the dialup?  perhaps by IP address if your DNS is broken.

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