FIona,
Make sure other COMM channels are closed before starting a dialout.
Check with
$ ifconfig
which should only show a block like:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:512 (512.0 b) TX bytes:512 (512.0 b)
This is OK, just a loopback (lo) channel.
But in addition there is a block like:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D3:00:6E:91
inet addr:192.168.10.15 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:d3ff:fe00:6e91/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1893 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1720 errors:9 dropped:9 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:122 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:926369 (904.6 KiB) TX bytes:360414 (351.9 KiB)
Interrupt:19
This will block navigation through the modem's ppp0 channel.
To obviate this problem, do before dialout:
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
Then start the dialout.
If this does not suffice to provide navigation do:
$ sudo gedit /etc/ppp/options
and add a line:
usepeerdns
MarvS
On 3/26/07, Fiona James <fiona.james@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply Jacques!
> No further info appears because at this time you just need NOT TOUCH THE
> WINDOW, but start running any network application, for example browing.
>
> Now you will possibly need a small adjustment.
> Please open your browser and try to open the URL (Web page if you like)
> http://www.google.com
> If it works, you are all set.
I couldn't make a connection to any sites by browser, or connect to my
email server.
> If the browser says that it cannot find this Web page (server), repeat
> with http://216.239.59.147 which is a numeric address for Google.
Replacing the url name with IP address didn't work
> It it works, then please edit your file /etc/wvdial.conf,
> by this occasion remove the useless and threatening Stupid Mode = on
> and add one line
> Auto DNS = 1
I made these changes and re-tested - but it didn't make any improvement
> You must of course stop wvdial and start it agin for this modification
> to become effective.
I also restarted my laptop in case that helped and double checked the
changes to wvdial.conf had been saved - but still no luck.
Regards,
Fiona
