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pete256
11-11-2002, 10:17 AM
i was experimenting with iptables.
i noticed there are several ways iptables kills my ppp0 (so i lose my connection).

for exemple:
iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
(wanted to allow loopback interface)

killed my ppp0. i mean that ifconfig no longer shows me ppp0, but only eth0 and lo (i'm on DSL). okay, annother time i tried this, my ppp0 wasnt killed but iptables gave me an error that "lo" was unknown...

so... 1) what really kills ppp0? and (much more important) 2) how do i get it back?
i tried pptp "mymodem" and i tried service network restart (which restarts the network on mandrake 9.0).

both doenst help, i always have to reboot...

thank you!

pete256
11-11-2002, 10:39 AM
okay, it was not the loopback stuff, it's just that after some time, when i start my firewall (which for now does nothing but deny all input) i lose the ppp0.

still i need help! :)