<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Darren Mansell wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1185287137.5824.6.camel@darrenmansell.wnet.mfs.misys.co.uk" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 16:04 +0200, Arnold Pietersen wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I am using a USB IBurst broadband modem for my Internet connection. It seems that I am connecting, but I am not able to browse any web pages. The following are some of the output: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arnold@arnold-laptop:~/Desktop/rp-pppoe-3.8$">arnold@arnold-laptop:~/Desktop/rp-pppoe-3.8$</a> sudo pppoe-start . Connected! <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arnold@arnold-laptop:~/Desktop/rp-pppoe-3.8$">arnold@arnold-laptop:~/Desktop/rp-pppoe-3.8$</a> sudo pppoe-status pppoe-status: Link is up and running on interface ppp0 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:196.2.103.149 P-t-P:196.2.100.1 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1392 Metric:1 RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:30 (30.0 b) TX bytes:37 (37.0 b) The TX bytes stays at 37 whereas the RX increase steadily. Thanks Arnold </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Hello Arnold, Can you ping an external address? ie. 195.92.195.95 ? If that works then its a DNS problem, if not then its directly with the connection itself. If no good can you run route -n and send the output? Regards, Darren </pre> </blockquote> Hi Darren When I type: sudo pppoe-start It gives me the message: . . . . . . . . . . . . Timeout Thanks Arnold </body> </html>