Q: Delay in allowing trafic. (contains part of a log file)

[Matthew Hawkins]

Justin 'Doychi' Deutsch (darkmist at goldweb.com.au) wrote:
> Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be wrong?

Just one thing to point out:

> Aug  4 18:35:36 tanis kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=203.37.36.7 
> DST=203.37.36.214 LEN=284 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=47333 PROTO=UDP 
> SPT=53 DPT=32808 LEN=264

All these entries are your firewall blocking DNS replies from your
primary DNS server.  There's a very good chance this is your problem, as
DNS timeouts take a while.

The other thing I noticed is you're logging in with your name and
password - I think all you have to do is login as 'ppp' then let pppd
(via chap-secrets) figure out who to authenticate as.  That's probably
unrelated and a matter of style though.  I can dig up my dialup settings
(not handy right now) if you want to look at another Linux setup for
calling Goldweb.

Cheers,

-- 
Matt
"So, logically, if she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood, and therefore a witch!"
(Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
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