cc-ed back to the list. please don't reply privately when the discussion belongs on the list. On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 08:14:26PM +1000, Mark Trickett wrote:
On Sat, 2012-08-04 at 08:59 +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 09:45:57PM +1000, Allan Duncan wrote:
It won't help you with your download problem, but it helps explain strange numbers when MPLS gets invovled.
well spotted.
But since I am not an Internode customer, I cannot get to that page. I
I meant well-spotted RE the fact of MPLS, not the particular web page. MPLS is something that is easily googled, whether you have access to one ISP's customer-only web pages or not. someone there will likely know wvdial and modem pppd configuration a lot better than I remember it (i haven't used a modem connection for over 10 years).
I think Mark has mentioned problems downloading the Linux Journal before. Makes me wonder what the MTU and MRU on his PPP interface is and whether he (or Telstra) is blocking ICMP packets (in particular ICMP Fragmentation Required msgs).
Tell me where to look, and how to set, and I will try.
you need to mru and mtu values in the pppd config file for your connection. e.g. /etc/ppp/peers/provider. the exact filename depends on your distro and what method you used to configure pppd in the first place (e.g. gui config, dialog text mode config, or just a text editor) see the man page for pppd and the network configuration documentation for your distro for details. you'll want to add lines like: mtu 600 mru 600
I am currently using wvdial, and want to know what options are passed to pppd.
no idea. i've never used wvdial.
I am also looking to migrate to a desktop running Debian 6, and would very appreciate some pointers to making use of "pon" and "poff", particularly just what is the minimal necessary to configure.
IIRC debian has a curses/dialog pppconfig tool for managing ppp configuration. dunno if they have a gui or not. the abominable gnome Network Manager may do ghastly things in the name of configuring pppd. dunno. vi has always been my configuration tool of choice.
I would also appreciate pointers to more advanced configuration. I need the modem link to be the default route, rather than any Ethernet interface.
1. don't have a gateway line in your ethernet configuration - that tells ifup that you want a default route pointing at the gateway mentioned. 2. add "defaultroute" to your ppp configuration. same place as you add the mtu and mru.
As commented, a little advice would be appreciated. I would also appreciate comments about how wvdial invokes pppd, and why when I use wget, I need to use the --no-proxy option to get anywhere at all.
no idea about wvdial but if you need to specify --no-proxy, that means you have a proxy set in either your environment (type: 'set | grep -i proxy' to check. use 'unset foo_proxy' to remove for the current running shell, edit your bashrc/bash_profile/etc files to remove permanently), or in your wget config. check ~/.wgetrc and maybe /etc/wgetrc. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>