Sorry it took so long to post a response...
I am not running routed and 'defaulteroute' is enabled. I am not sure where to check the system logs. Where should I look? What would be considered a strange entry?
Here are the results from ifconfig and route when I could not browse or ping (first 2 tries):
IFCONFIG:
ppp0
Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:32.100.227.16 P-t-P:32.96.121.26 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
collisions:0 txquelen:10
ROUTE:
NOTHING! It just tells me that it is the ip routing table and lists the column headings with nothing underneath them. I will just sit there. I have to cancel it so I can get back to the prompt.
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Here are the results after the 3rd connect where I could browse and ping:
IFCONFIG:
ppp0
Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:129.37.83.201 P-t-P:204.146.250.50 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
collisions:0 txquelen:10
ROUTE:
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
255.255.255.255 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
204.146.250.50 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.0.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 204.146.250.50 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
The RX and TX packets kept increasing as I would ping more and more. For all three connections I tried pinging
http://www.yahoo.com and it only worked the third time. I had to cancel (ctrl-c) the first two times because it would just sit there. I would not even tell me 100% packet loss. I do get a dynamic ip everytime I connect to my ISP. So that one wont be the same next time I try to connect. I sure I didn't have to tell you that but I felt like it anyway.
Let me know what you think!
Andy