[nflug] Getting DSL to work - really need some help

[eric]

in system tools -> run : ASDL/PPPOE and enter your verizon stuff

Joe wrote:

> Hi.  I'm still trying to get my Verizon DSL to work on Linux.
>
> I configured the modem and service in Windoze and it works fine
> there.  So hardware, etc. is not a problem.
>
> *** After all of the below, etc., I still can't get FF to go to
> 192.168.1.1 (where the modem/router lives).  This is probably the most
> important symptom.
>
> I finally got my Mandrake 9.1 RC2 install disks here and went in to
> the Mandrake control center (MCC) and told it to use "network" to
> access the Internet.
> That seemed to run OK, but Firefox (FF) can't find server.
>
> My eth0 is somewhat alive.  The E1 light on the modem is lit - meaning
> it sees an ethernet connection of some sort.
>
> I went back into MCC and also selected ADSL (didn't turn network
> off).  FF still can't get to server.
> I can still use my old ISP - dialup with kppp - FF gets to the
> Internet with it.
>
> I went into /etc/httpd/log and found some dhcp error logs.  The most
> recent is below.
>
> There must be something that still needs to be configured.
>
> Below, I included anything I think might be relevant.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Joe
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> /etc/httpd/log/error-log (snipped for today)
>
> [Mon May 15 11:24:00 2006] [alert] httpd: Could not determine the
> server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
> [Mon May 15 11:24:00 2006] [notice]
> Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.27 (Mandrake Linux/8mdk) PHP/4.3.1
> configured -- resuming normal operations
> [Mon May 15 11:24:00 2006] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Mon May 15 11:24:00 2006] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default:
> sysvsem)
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> root /etc/init.d: $./network stop
> Shutting down interface eth0:                                   [  OK  ]
> Shutting down interface ppp0:                                   [  OK  ]
> Shutting down loopback interface:                               [  OK  ]
> root /etc/init.d: $./network start
> Setting network parameters:                                     [  OK  ]
> Bringing up loopback interface:                                 [  OK  ]
> Bringing up interface eth0:                                     [FAILED]
> root /etc/init.d: $
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> root /etc/httpd/logs: $ifup eth0
> Determining IP information for eth0... failed; no link present.  Check
> cable?
> root /etc/httpd/logs: $ifconfig eth0 up
> root /etc/httpd/logs: $dhcpcd eth0
> root /etc/httpd/logs: $/etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd.exe: line 45: logger: command
> not found
> locate dhcpcd
> root /etc/httpd/logs: $ifup eth0
> Determining IP information for eth0... failed; no link present.  Check
> cable?
> root
>
> root /etc/init.d: $ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:08:AA:0A:94
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>          RX bytes:874 (874.0 b)  TX bytes:1524 (1.4 Kb)
>          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xfc40
>
> 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:363 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:363 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>          RX bytes:24474 (23.9 Kb)  TX bytes:24474 (23.9 Kb)
>
> root /etc/init.d: $
>
> --------------------------
>
> /etc/sysconfig/drakeconnect.netc
>
> DOMAINNAME=buffnet.net
> NETWORKING=yes
> DOMAINNAME2=local
> ZEROCONF_HOSTNAME=Sananda
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> /etc/sysconfig/networking/ifcfg-lo
>
> DEVICE=lo
> IPADDR=127.0.0.1
> NETMASK=255.0.0.0
> NETWORK=127.0.0.0
> # If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
> # you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
> BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
> ONBOOT=yes
> NAME=loopback
>
> --------------------------------
>
> /etc/resolv.conf
>
> searchhost local
> # searchhosthost local
> # nameserver 127.0.0.1
> nameserver 127.0.0.1
> nameserver 192.168.1.1
> # nameserver 127.0.0.1
> # nameserver 192.168.1.2
>
> #search buffnet.net local
> # search buffnet.net local buffnet.net local buffnet.net local
> # nameserver 127.0.0.1
> # nameserver 127.0.0.1
> # nameserver 192.168.1.1
> # nameserver 127.0.0.1
> # nameserver 192.168.1.2
> # searchhost
> # searchhosthost
> # ppp temp entry (buffnet)
>
> # ppp temp entry
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> bigbird ~: $sudo /sbin/ip link list  (done while dialed into Internet
> - that's probably why ppp0 shows up.)
> Password:
> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
>    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100
>    link/ether 00:60:08:aa:0a:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 5: ppp0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP> mtu 1524 qdisc pfifo_fast
> qlen 3
>    link/ppp
> bigbird ~: $
>
>
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