56k Dialup Networking Issue

[arettinger]

I am using an HSF Conexant modem on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop under Fedora Core 8.
I installed the Linuxant 14.4k test driver via an RPM. Upon attempting to create the connection via the network manager, I was told that no modem was detected. I nevertheless proceeded with the installation, selecting a generic modem address. The installation was eventually completed; however, upon exiting the network manager, the application crashed, eliminating all of the new settings. After several reattempts, I decided to test wvdial. Given that I did not know the address of the modem, this venture as well proved futile. I finally installed GNOME-PPP. The application immediately detected the modem. I am now able to successfully dial in to the internet as I would normally under other distributions.
However, I am unable to connect to any web pages. I cannot even ping. It is as though the connection never existed. I have completely disabled SELinux and the firewall, and receive the same results.

[PabloTwo]

Hi-

You might try, right after dialng up and connecting to your ISP, bring up a console terminal and issue the command
tail -35 /var/log/messages
to confirm that you are actually still conneted. Any disconnect will be shown in the log file. You also might give the Modem Lights panel applet a whirl to see if that makes any difference, though I doubt it would. To install that, just right click the upper panel, click on add to panel and browse down to the modem lights applet and click add. You can also try just initiating a dialup from the command line with ifup ppp0. If things are configured correctly in Network Manager for your modem, that should work without complaint.
ifdown ppp0 to hang up.

I used those same drivers for my conexant winmodem when I first installed Fedora, but quickly changed to a full hardware modem., which makes life a lot easier in Linux.

Paul

[arettinger]

Here is the output from 'tail -35 /var/log/messages':
[root@localhost arettinger]# tail -35 /var/log/messages
Jan 20 16:52:59 localhost kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Jan 20 16:52:59 localhost pppd[3051]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jan 20 16:52:59 localhost pppd[3051]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 20 16:52:59 localhost pppd[3051]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttySHSF0
Jan 20 16:53:02 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jan 20 16:53:03 localhost pppd[3051]: local IP address 4.142.129.146
Jan 20 16:53:03 localhost pppd[3051]: remote IP address 209.247.5.14
Jan 20 16:53:03 localhost pppd[3051]: primary DNS address 209.244.0.3
Jan 20 16:53:03 localhost pppd[3051]: secondary DNS address 209.244.0.4
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): starting (version 2.20.1), pid 3116 user 'root'
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Jan 20 16:53:31 localhost modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in /dev/ttySHSF[0-
Jan 20 16:53:31 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hsfusbcd2
Jan 20 16:54:10 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 16:54:10 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 16:55:54 localhost ntpd[2299]: Listening on interface #4 ppp0, 4.142.129.146#123 Enabled
Jan 20 17:06:36 localhost modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in /dev/ttySHSF[0-
Jan 20 17:07:40 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:07:40 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:08:55 localhost modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in /dev/ttySHSF[0-
Jan 20 17:09:53 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:09:54 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:11:00 localhost pppd[3051]: Terminating on signal 15
Jan 20 17:11:00 localhost pppd[3051]: Connect time 18.0 minutes.
Jan 20 17:11:00 localhost pppd[3051]: Sent 6950 bytes, received 6538 bytes.
Jan 20 17:15:54 localhost ntpd[2299]: Deleting interface #4 ppp0, 4.142.129.146#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=1200 secs
Jan 20 17:51:01 localhost yum-updatesd-helper: error getting update info: 'module' object has no attribute 'GroupError'
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost kernel: usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 2
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost hald[2455]: forcibly attempting to lazy unmount /dev/sdb1 as enclosing drive was disconnected
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost hald: unmounted /dev/sdb1 from '/media/disk' on behalf of uid 0
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost gnome-keyring-daemon[2738]: removing removable location: volume_uuid_541C_7268
Jan 20 18:51:01 localhost yum-updatesd-helper: error getting update info: 'module' object has no attribute 'GroupError'
Jan 20 19:51:01 localhost yum-updatesd-helper: error getting update info: 'module' object has no attribute 'GroupError'
[root@localhost arettinger]# tail -35 /var/log/messages
Jan 20 16:53:03 localhost pppd[3051]: primary DNS address 209.244.0.3
Jan 20 16:53:03 localhost pppd[3051]: secondary DNS address 209.244.0.4
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): starting (version 2.20.1), pid 3116 user 'root'
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
Jan 20 16:53:29 localhost gconfd (root-3116): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Jan 20 16:53:31 localhost modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in /dev/ttySHSF[0-
Jan 20 16:53:31 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hsfusbcd2
Jan 20 16:54:10 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 16:54:10 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 16:55:54 localhost ntpd[2299]: Listening on interface #4 ppp0, 4.142.129.146#123 Enabled
Jan 20 17:06:36 localhost modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in /dev/ttySHSF[0-
Jan 20 17:07:40 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:07:40 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:08:55 localhost modprobe: WARNING: Unmatched bracket in /dev/ttySHSF[0-
Jan 20 17:09:53 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:09:54 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jan 20 17:11:00 localhost pppd[3051]: Terminating on signal 15
Jan 20 17:11:00 localhost pppd[3051]: Connect time 18.0 minutes.
Jan 20 17:11:00 localhost pppd[3051]: Sent 6950 bytes, received 6538 bytes.
Jan 20 17:15:54 localhost ntpd[2299]: Deleting interface #4 ppp0, 4.142.129.146#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=1200 secs
Jan 20 17:51:01 localhost yum-updatesd-helper: error getting update info: 'module' object has no attribute 'GroupError'
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost kernel: usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 2
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost hald[2455]: forcibly attempting to lazy unmount /dev/sdb1 as enclosing drive was disconnected
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost hald: unmounted /dev/sdb1 from '/media/disk' on behalf of uid 0
Jan 20 18:21:14 localhost gnome-keyring-daemon[2738]: removing removable location: volume_uuid_541C_7268
Jan 20 18:51:01 localhost yum-updatesd-helper: error getting update info: 'module' object has no attribute 'GroupError'
Jan 20 19:51:01 localhost yum-updatesd-helper: error getting update info: 'module' object has no attribute 'GroupError'
Jan 20 20:33:03 localhost pppd[32065]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jan 20 20:33:03 localhost pppd[32065]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 20 20:33:03 localhost pppd[32065]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttySHSF0
Jan 20 20:33:06 localhost pppd[32065]: local IP address 4.142.129.185
Jan 20 20:33:06 localhost pppd[32065]: remote IP address 209.247.5.14
Jan 20 20:33:06 localhost pppd[32065]: primary DNS address 209.244.0.3
Jan 20 20:33:06 localhost pppd[32065]: secondary DNS address 209.244.0.4

[bradchaus]

when you are connected, post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf

[arettinger]

when you are connected, post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf
The file is empty.

[bradchaus]

edit resolv.conf to contain the following:

nameserver 209.244.0.3

The dial up client should put that in there. In System > Network > make sure you have the dial up account setting the DNS automatically.

[arettinger]

edit resolv.conf to contain the following:

nameserver 209.244.0.3

The dial up client should put that in there. In System > Network > make sure you have the dial up account setting the DNS automatically.
Thank you so very much.
The connection is now fully functional.