On 6 Jun 00 at 8:18, Edenyard wrote:
>>Dear Experts,
Who?! Me!? Get real! I'll throw in my 2 pence worth anyway, though.
>>
>> Please could someone comment on this problem:
>>
>> I've been using Arachne V1.61 quite successfully now for a few weeks with
>>Onetel.net (1 penny per minute at all times and no subscription). It has all
>>worked quite well until this last weekend.
>>
>> What happens now is that Arachne dials and after the customary few
>>seconds' wait, the 'Installed at 0060' message briefly flashes up as
>>normal. The on-line timer starts ticking away. BUT... no matter what URL I
>>type in, the status line just sits there at 'Type in URL and press enter'.
>>If I press enter twice quickly, I get the 'cannot locate....check your
>>setup'. This happens for EVERY address that I try, ones that I know to work
>>and have used many times: for example, www.google.com. Mail send and receive
>>refuse to work, too.
>>
>> The big question is: Why? I haven't changed anything. I have an
>>e-mail address for the so-called 'technical support' at Onetel, but what
>>sort of question should I ask in order to get any sensible or useful
>>response?
>>
>> I have connection via another ISP and that still works the same as
>>before, so I doubt whether Arachne is at fault - is she???
This sounds just like what happens if you don't have any DNS
addresses entered in setup. Possibly they have changed or they may be
doing dynamic DNS assignment at login (I think some ISPs do this
now). Have you tried logging on with a Windoze browser that is setup
for this provider? In Arachne you might want to try entering a
numeric URL (http://123.345.678.0, I think that is the format) and see
if that works. The failure to access your POP/SMTP mail servers is
puzzling. I hope this helps.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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