Notebook dialup

Forum: Networking
Topic: Notebook dialup
started by: fsmathews

Posted by fsmathews on July 19 2007,16:47

I successfully logged onto my dialup internet server from my Fujutsu notebook 790Tx's modem using a live DSL 3.3 CD, but Firefox and other internet protocols were unable to recognize internet addresses, only ip numbers. During the dialup I got two suspicious messages, "Jul 16 22:40:02 box local2.warn pppd[1353]: Unsupported protocol 0x8207 received" and "Jul 16 22:40:02 box local2.err pppd[1353]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP". I don't know if these messages are related to the problem. The same dialup server worked properly when tested from a desktop PC using a KNOPPIX live CD (which required more RAM than was available on the laptop). Any suggestions?

Posted by curaga on July 19 2007,16:54

The first error means your company tried to talk with Cisco Discovery Protocol. It's harmless.

Were you assigned DNS server addresses?

Posted by roberts on July 19 2007,18:00

DNS is usually supplied by your ISP during the dial up exchange.
If not, you can manually add them to /etc/resolv.conf and then add that file to your backup.