On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Hi Jon
> I have a problem can you help. I have set up my internet. Modem is set
> up but netscape refuses to connect to the internet. It is not seeing the
> modem, also i can connect to the internet but cannot browse the net. I
> am usin Linux mandrake 7.0 Release Number 15
> The exact message is
> Netscape is unable to locate the server home.netscape.com. Please check
> server name.
> Warning the following host unknown
> home.netscape.com
> internic.net
> This means that some or all hosts will be unreachable. Perhaps a problem
> with your name server. If your site must use a non root name server you
> will need to set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the
> apprlopriate name server. It may or may not be necessary to set this
> variable or the SOCKS host preference to the IP address of the host in
> question rather than its name consult system manager.
> These are the two messages that appear on screen.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
Have you tried putting in your ISP's name servers in your
/etc/resolv.conf? Also, it wouldn't hurt to put them in the KPPP
configs.
John
