Dialup in Lucid

[chris]

On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 02:47 +0000, sktsee wrote:

> Not sure. It sounds like your modem is dialing out and connecting, you're 
> getting an ip address and DNS server information from your ISP, yet 
> applications fail to work over the network.

That is correct

>  Have you checked your route 
> table for a correct default gateway?
How do I do that please?

>  Are there other network interfaces 
> like an ethernet port on your machine that may be set with a gateway 
> address? 

No.  

> If so, is it configured in network-manager? I usually remove 
> network-manager and network-manager-gnome and set up any ethernet 
> interfaces statically.

As do I, but on this machine have not yet done so.
I do use a wireless connection, which is set to dhcp


>  Since network manager doesn't manage dialup modem 
> connections at all, 

Not since 8.04 I believe.

> it typically screws up the route table by setting an 
> incorrect default gateway for the ethernet interface, overriding whatever 
> default route the pppd daemon set.

Can you expand on that please.

>  Consequently, apps try to send all 
> network traffic over the wrong interface.
> 
> Other than a possible error with the route table which could be caused by 
> network-manager, and making sure your userid is a member of the dialout 
> and dip groups,

Which it is.

>  I am at a loss to see what else could be wrong. 
> Hopefully, if the problem is related to the beta status of Lucid, it will 
> be fixed by the time of final release.
> 
That is what I am afraid of.
However I do not know enough about it to file a bug report
Many thanks for your assistance
Regards Chris