On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> Using Mandrake 7.0
>
> Just a while back I told the whole world how, with the help of a number
> of list members, I finally solved my kpppd connection problem. Well,
> yes, I did. I click on pppd, connect and it goes through the routine (as
> I see in the log screen) and soon it CONNECTS at 57,000 or whatever.
> Then it says "done" and I turn the log off and I can see by the docked
> icon that it is still on and the graph shows kppp to be fully connected
> and functioning.
>
[...]
>
> However, I didn't have any problem connecting to my Unix shell account
> at our local Free Net using my minicom communications program. I got in
> and got to the New Times page (using Lynx). So, the modem is obviously
> able to connect to the outside world.
>
> I can't help but wonder what in the world is going on?
>
> Would appreciate any help or explanations or suggestions.
>
Silly question:
Do you have the proper DNS configured in Linux? You need to
make sure you have your ISP's DNS servers configured in
KPPP or /etc/resolv.conf or both.
John
