Hi, I am a newbie, I have suse11.1 on my machine, kernel 2.6.27.7-9.
I’m using external USB modem for dial up(don’t have alternatives).
I could config the modem (after 3 weeks of hard work) to establish a dial up connection, now it is connecting but the problem is that neither konquerer nor firefox connects to any site.
I log as root, also disabled firewall completely, using DHCP.
please help me what else can I do ?
thanks
Can you post the output of these terminal commands while modem connected?
/sbin/ifconfig (to check network/modem device status)
/sbin/route -v (check current routes for internet connectivity etc)
cat /etc/resolv.conf (to get DNS entries)
A possible issue could be that firefox is in offline mode. Check ‘File’ menu > ‘Work Offline’ disabled.
Thank you deano for your help,I already have turned firefox online but that did not work.
concerning the commands you told me to execute, here are the results:
linux-2q5i:/sbin # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:77:AD:AC:4D
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3028 (2.9 Kb) TX bytes:3028 (2.9 Kb)
modem0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:91.144.2.179 P-t-P:91.144.1.33 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:64 (64.0 b) TX bytes:97 (97.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:63:90:B0:C0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-21-63-90-B0-C0-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
linux-2q5i:/sbin #
linux-2q5i:/sbin # route –v
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
linux-2q5i:/sbin #
linux-2q5i:/etc # cat resolv.conf
/etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!
Before you change this file manually, consider to define the
static DNS configuration using the following variables in the
/etc/sysconfig/network/config file:
NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST
NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS
NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER
or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:
NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’
See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.
Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but
may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines
only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this
file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.
Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
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linux-2q5i:/etc #
hope that would assist you in estimating what’s wrong with my connection.
Thank you for your time.
Well, this looks ok
modem0 Link encapoint-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:91.144.2.179 P-t-P:91.144.1.33 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:64 (64.0 b) TX bytes:97 (97.0 b)
but your route and resolv.conf files show, you don’t have an internet gateway or DNS set. I would have have expected the P-t-P:91.144.1.33 address to show up in your routing table as 91.144.1.33 but for some reason its not.
I would check your modem config via yast.
Thank you deano, I’m waiting for you.
Well, when you first configured your modem, you will been able to select the connection parameters so that ‘Modify DNS When Connected’ and ‘Automatically Retrieve DNS’ parameters were enabled. You should also check that ‘Default Route’ has been enabled (under IP Adress Settings).
So, I would check this via YaST > Network Devices > Modems. Edit your modem device as required.
Hi, thank you for your concern.
well deano, I am a newbie but I paid a hard work there, SUSE advised not to ask for help unless you try hard and could not do it your self, I followed that advice literally !
back to the problem : I already had tried the configuration that you suggested, as I tried other options and a combination of options (I know how and where to configure the modem and the IP) but that did not work either.
what else do you think it might be the reason for this problem ?
thanks again
Not really sure what the cause of the problem is. Do you have network manager running, or are you dialling out via KInternet? If using the former, try using KInternet dialer utility. I’m currently connecting via broadband USB modem with KInternet. For reference, here is a some /var/log/messages output when I dial out.
Aug 29 09:09:11 linux pppd[3589]: Connect: modem1 <–> /dev/ttyUSB0
Aug 29 09:09:15 linux gconfd (dean-3622): starting (version 2.22.0), pid 3622 user ‘dean’
Aug 29 09:09:15 linux gconfd (dean-3622): Resolved address “xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory” to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Aug 29 09:09:15 linux gconfd (dean-3622): Resolved address “xml:readwrite:/home/dean/.gconf” to a writable configuration source at position 1
Aug 29 09:09:15 linux gconfd (dean-3622): Resolved address “xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults” to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Aug 29 09:09:15 linux gconfd (dean-3622): Resolved address “xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.vendor” to a read-only configuration source at position 3
Aug 29 09:09:15 linux gconfd (dean-3622): Resolved address “xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.schemas” to a read-only configuration source at position 4
Aug 29 09:09:15 linux pppd[3589]: PAP authentication succeeded
Aug 29 09:09:16 linux kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Aug 29 09:09:16 linux kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Aug 29 09:09:16 linux pppd[3589]: local IP address 166.179.110.167
Aug 29 09:09:16 linux pppd[3589]: remote IP address 166.179.80.1
Aug 29 09:09:16 linux pppd[3589]: primary DNS address 202.27.158.40
Aug 29 09:09:16 linux pppd[3589]: secondary DNS address 202.27.156.72
Aug 29 09:09:17 linux modify_resolvconf: Service pppd modified /etc/resolv.conf. See info block in this file
Aug 29 09:09:18 linux SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 …
Aug 29 09:09:18 linux ip-up: SuSEfirewall2: Warning: no default firewall zone defined, assuming ‘ext’
Aug 29 09:09:18 linux SuSEfirewall2: Warning: no default firewall zone defined, assuming ‘ext’
Aug 29 09:09:18 linux SuSEfirewall2: using default zone ‘ext’ for interface irda0
Aug 29 09:09:18 linux SuSEfirewall2: using default zone ‘ext’ for interface modem1
You could compare with yours, when you dila out. In particular, notice my modem obtains remote IP and DNS IP addresses during the connection process. Your ifconfig results showed the local and remote IP addresses, but for some reason gateway was not added to routing table.
Now you could get this working manually by adding default gateway. (Look for the P-t-P IP address from your ifconfig output).
route del default gw 91.144.1.33
The DNS entries need to be known from your service provider. These can be added to end of your /etc/resolv.conf file. For example, mine
nameserver 202.27.158.40
nameserver 202.27.156.72
Note that if you do this manually, it will not be persistent. That is, you will have to repeat every time you connect. So, its really only useful for diagnostic purposes.
Hi, deano
At last I could log to the net !!!
I could do it by trial and error (and not by understanding what is going on). I solve the problem by using KPPP instead of Kinternet, and submit a gateway …and that’s it !! and here is the net !!!
now I’m so happy with my linuxlol!http://forums.opensuse.org/images/smiliesnew/lol.png
I love SUSEEEE …
thank you my friend for your helpful instructions which lit the road for me, thank you for your concern and your time.
Edit: Just read your last post. Great result!