1. DNS? - does "ping IP" behave same as "ping hostname"
2. Routing? - how does it behave with static routing (no routed).
   What does your firewall routing table (netstat -nr) look like, with
   and without ppp connection.
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Rex McMaster                            rmcm@compsoft.com.au 
                                   rex@mcmaster.wattle.id.au
     PGP Public key: http://www.compsoft.com.au/~rmcm/pgp-pk
Scott R. Burns writes:
 > I am having a heck of a time getting a pppd firewall up. We have 1.3.2 on a i386 and a modem hanging off the back up to our provider. if I am on the console of the box pinging, dns lookup etc. work great. The box also has a lan card (ep0) on the local lan. Any attempt to telnet or pop3 in from the lan pauses for minutes then works but it is bursty. Even pings to the firewall from the lan pause for a long time before starting. Killing pppd and shutting down the ppp0 interface removes this problem.
 > 
 > The kernel was compiled with no GATEWAY option, routed was started with -q. pppd is autostarted in /etc/ppp/peers/PROVIDERNAME. This file contains the defaultroute option and mygate is empty. The box is a compaq deskpro pentium 200 with 64MB of RAM.
 > 
 > I am sure it is something simple. Can anyone shed any light on this. It has been about 2 years since I setup this type of link under 1.2.1 and it worked fine but I must have missed a step.
 > 
 > Scott Burns
 > Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com
 > (519) 673-3424

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