Peter Jeffery wrote:
> When I try to connect to my ISP, I don't seem to be able to
> get a usuable IP Address.
What symptoms do you see?
> By useable I mean one that isn't already assigned to a host.
> The IP Address that I get is assigned to
> the dial up server at the ISP (I know this because that's what
> NT says)
I wouldn't trust that as reliable information then
If you can log in as root (Alt-F3 to get a login prompt, then "root"/admin password, then run the command "/sbin/ifconfig -a"
when the PPP links is active you can see what addresses are allocated. Or look through /var/log/messages to see the log messages. "less" is a good pager program to do that - or use the "pico" editor.
Send me private email with the results you get, please.
Two fixes you can try - edit /etc/ppp/options and try adding a line containing "noipdefault". If that doesn't work, and you have an allocated IP address, try adding "x.x.x.x:", where x.x.x.x is the IP address.
If either of those fixes the problem, you will need to make the change correctly, which means undoing what you've done, and adding the extra option to the pppd-options line in /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/diald.conf, then do:
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
> I also get the following error msgs appear on the console of
> the e-smith box (which incidently is isa based so I don't know
> if that could be a problem) nbp_rgstr: Success Can't register
> e-smith:Workstation@* nbp_rgstr: Success Can't register
> e-smith: Netatalk@*
I think those messages just mean that there are no Macintoshes on your network. You shouldn't worry about the messages.
Charlie
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