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kevinlyfellow

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Registered: 2006-12-10

Posts: 5

Dialup Connects Success. Still Can't use Internet

I am brand new to arch (moving my old desktop from Ubuntu).  I've just installed and I'm having trouble with my dialup.  I have a Lucent linmodem, and I have installed the martian drivers.  I can dial in successfully and I get a welcome signal and I'm assigned an ip address.  However, when I try and ping a host, it acts like I'm not connected. 

BTW, I'm glad I found Arch... I feel like I'll know linux a lot better than a preconfigured system.

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Dialup Connects Success. Still Can't use Internet

Make your /etc/resolv.conf a symlink to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf, that should be the most straightforward approach.

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kevinlyfellow

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Registered: 2006-12-10

Posts: 5

Re: Dialup Connects Success. Still Can't use Internet

Worked like a charm!   

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Dialup Connects Success. Still Can't use Internet

Cool.

Did you use the ltmodem Arch package? If so, would you mind posting your lspci line from your modem? Each time I try to open /dev/ttyLTM0 here my laptop freezes.

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kevinlyfellow

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Registered: 2006-12-10

Posts: 5

Re: Dialup Connects Success. Still Can't use Internet

Ooops, sorry, I got distracted for several months.  I didn't mean to be rude and leave you hangin after you helped me.  For what its worth, I never did install ltmodem (i couldn't even find it!)

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Dialup Connects Success. Still Can't use Internet

Yeah, no problem. The Arch ltmodem package uses the -alk drivers and not the current martian approach, so it's no wonder it never worked for me.

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