wvdial problem

[steve]

On 09/18/2009 09:33 AM, freeburn wrote:
> i use a dialup modem for internet access. i have always used wvdial in my
> ubuntu. but in fedora there seems to be a problem. because when i dial wvdial
> it shows that connection established, it also give the dns server adress. and
> my modem screen does start a time counting like usual. but still i cant surf
> the internet. one of my friend suggested to disable eth0 before dialing ,i've
> done that too.
>

I would suggest that you first try configuring NetworkManager to connect to your
dial-up rather than use wvdial. NM is just more convenient and is becoming
increasingly important in the fedora desktop (for instance, Firefox, pidgin and
possibly others believe NM's connected status irrespective of whether you are
actually connected to the net or not).

However, if NetworkManager is unable to configure your dial out connection for
some reason (as is the case with my EVDO card), you'd have stop NM ...

$ service NetworkManager stop

...before dialing out or if you prefer to leave it running, dial out using 
wvdial and then ...

# copy/link the resolv.conf created by pppd...
$ ln -sf /var/run/ppp/resolv.conf /etc/

# add the correct default gw to your route ...
$ route del default gw
$ route add default gw <ip of the other end of your ppp connection>


HTH,
cheers,
- steve

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