Re: [Sheflug] Wvdial

[Matthew Collins <matthew [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 04:08:21PM +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Looks like my brain seems to have blown a fuse whilst trying to get 
> packets to move across from my Debian laptop to the internet through 
> my mobile phone via the Irda interface.
> 
> Connects fine without a problem but can't ping anything on the net.  
> Suggests I've put the wrong value in somewhere but can't find a man 
> page that gives a clue.  I don't use wvdial more than once a year and 
> so I'm not all that good with it.

There is no IP address attached to the irda0 interface. I'm guessing
that something has gone wrong there. I've never used wvdial, so I can't
help with that.

> 
> Can anyone make a suggestion ?  Modem is /etc/ircomm0.  Some info 
> below...
>

My only suggestion is to try and work out how to give it an IP address.
If it should be picking one up when it dials up, then that isn't
working. Maybe you need to specify the IP address?
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