Other Help Topics :: Cannot access web sites

As far as my limited experience goes, if you have nothing listed for ppp0 when you run route -n, then you're not actually using the interface. It should have "UG" listed under flags while you're connected. A command something like this (as root) could possibly fix that:
route add default gw <your local IP> dev ppp0
If this works, then it could be added to your ip-up script, using (i think) "$4" in place of the IP if you have a dynamically-assigned IP.

Only saying what worked for me in other distros.

Thanks again mikshaw... I'll give that a shot later and see what happens. I'll come back with the results.

Ewen, I'm wondering - does your ISP require you to use a proxy to access the web?

Ask them. Or if they've set up a Windows machine for you, open Internet explorer and look under the 'options' menu, or 'properties' or whatever it's called.

If you can ping them but can't get on the web, that is the most likely problem.

Hi there WoofyDugfock and mikshaw... your editing "fix" never worked unfortunately and it is interesting to note that my changes to the resolve file do not stay saved even though they were done using sudo su and the system backed up to hdb1.

WoofyDugfock I have no proxy listed and as far as I know I have never had to use one when setting up. I use Mepis mainly and I can't even find a hint in there.

Woe and gloom.

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