On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, David Hart wrote:
> This is kind of a shot in the dark, but maybe somebody out there will
> have a clue. One of the local dial-up ISP's I use recently mergered with a
> larger organization, and part of the process involved making the old DNS
> servers and other local hardware redundant, as well as "upgrading" their lines
> (and possibly other hardware). Before these changes, I had no problems using
> KPPP to establish a connection. Just plug in the DNS and phone numbers and off
> we go. But since the changes were made, I get nothing. To be precise, I dial
> up, it logs in, everything seems fine, but Netscape goes nowhere. The
> connection seems to be there, but addresses never resolve
Microsoft Windows has a protocol that can get the
proper DNS server IP from the terminal server. That is
how I provide DNS numbers to my Win95/NT customers. I
never tell them the DNS address or enter it. It is
"server assigned DNS" in dial up networking, and in
the networking icon it is set up to "disable DNS".
This will never work in Linux. You have to put in the
DNS address in /etc/resolv.conf
Fire up your KPPP connection and let it log in. Then
try to PING by IP address instead of by name. Bring up
your Konsole or Xterm and do this
prompt$ ping 206.28.142.2
and see if you get an answer. If you do, then your
PPP link is working. You need a DNS. Use one of
the ones assigned to vincitydesign.com:
206.28.142.2
216.42.24.50
just put the above two lines in /etc/resolv.conf
If you ping those two hosts, one will give you better
ping time, and that is the one should be listed FIRST.
I checkd it from here. The first one replied to my
pings, the 216 one did not, but both responded as
nameservers. The 206 one seemed more lively. Your
mileage may vary.
Your ISP may have better DNS numbers for you. Don't
tell them you are running Linux, tell them you are using
a Mac. Macs do not resolve server assigned DNS's, they
need to have the actual numbers entered in them too. Some
ISP's do not have Linux-savvy tech support people, so
they refuse to help Linux people. Just tell them its a
Mac and they will give you the numbers.
But you have to be able to ping first or its not going
to work for you, maybe something is wrong with the PPP
link.
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