Hi I shortened this as much as possible trying to find the balance between ballast and having someone new to the thread knowing what is going on >On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 15:32, Paul Ryan wrote: > >> Hi I have a problem accessing the internet. I can only access it > >>as root. After numerous attempts to get my ADSL runing with the > >>Internet setup wizzard and the network device control, without any > >>luck. The system would conect but it was like Mozilla, Gaim and Co. > >>didn't know that I was conected. I finnaly had luck with adsl-config, > >>everything worked as root but only as root. When I boot to a normal > >>user there is no ppp0 conection listed in the network control (and yes > >>I did enable other users) when I use /usr/sbin/adsl-start it seems to > >>conect no error messages but it is the same as with the internet > >>conection wizzard Mozilla and Co. don't think that I'm conected. One > >>other note if I do any configuation with the network control I have to > >>reconfigure my ppp0 conection with adsl-config again otherwise it > >>won't conect to the internet again. > Be careful about giving out incorrect information. > 'adsl-config' is needed once to initialize and save the adsl settings. > After that you only use 'ifup ppp0' and 'ifdown ppp0' to > connect/disconnect. True if I log on as root and start a internet connection ,then log on as a different user I can then use the connection > To address the issue with nothing seeming to work as a non-root user. > > 1. check /etc/resolv.conf and confirm that nameservers are listed. This > is rewritten each time you connect via adsl. The nameservers are listed same as I entered when using adsl-config > 2. When you used adsl-config did you tell the system this would be the > default route? To tell the truth I don't remember > 3. Is there a default route listed in any of the files > /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX # Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|SiS900 10/100 Ethernet DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none HWADDR=00:e0:18:f7:bf:46 ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet DHCP_HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=no IPADDR=192.168.0.1 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # Realtek|RTL-8029(AS) DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=dialup HWADDR=00:00:21:4B:CA:D1 ONBOOT=no TYPE=Ethernet DHCP_HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes > files ?? If there is you will have a conflict in routing and it won't > work properly. Linux only allows one default route. > 4. To check you have a correct default routing run the command 'netstat > -r' after connecting via the adsl using 'ifup ppp# > . There should be > one or more lines per adapter, and only one line with a UG flag. That > one should point to the adapter connected to the adsl link. [papa@localhost papa]$ netstat -r Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 217.5.98.98 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 217.5.98.98 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 [papa@localhost papa]$
