At 20.51 05/08/2003, you wrote:
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 6:39 pm, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: > > > Probable correct. Check the /etc/resolv.conf file to verify the > > > entries for "nameserver". > > > >That would have the nameserver for the lan, but surely he is > > looking for the primary and secondary dns servers from his isp? > > In /etc/resolv.conf I have no DNS for the local LAN (I have a 8139 > eth card, but not used), so it's empty, and in /etc/ppp/resolv.conf > I have the primary isp DNS (my isp has only one DNS...). > Can you ping that dns used by your isp?
Wow! Great idea! No, I cannot. :-((
> It doesn't matter what I use to create the connection, the wizard > inside MDK control center or KPPP (I use KDE), the modem establish > a connection but then nothing. Not only, if I create the connection > with the wizard KPP doesn't even see it! I had to create a > connection with KPP anyway. > Do you have a firewall installed? If so, which one? because that could be part of the problem.
Since Knoppix can see it and Mandrake can't, I suspect firewall issues.
I tried to stop iptables via DrakServices (inside MDK control center), it was already stopped, and shorewall (that was started), and nothing changed.
Then I checked the DrakFirewall page, only FTP and SSH allowed (shorewall was stopped anyway). With shorewall started, should I enable DNS? if I understand the meaning of that page, not: I don't offer DNS services to anyone (just to be sure)
Thanks Olaf
As just a thought, in guarddog, kde's iptables firewall gui configurator, I have to allow DNS in the internet zone (services allowed from the internet to the machine). It might not even be relevant to your situation but I gave up quickly on trying to learn how to use shorewall and tried guarddog (urpme shorewall, urpmi guarddog). It is in the 9.1 contrib/ directory, available on the mirrors and urpmi.addmedia-able from http://plf.zarb.org/ -> http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/
If you decide to try this, call guarddog from a root prompt, click on the Help button, and read the tutorial about opening up necessary ports, http, https, pop, pop3, dns, (ipp maybe?), ftp, smtp, etc. You can add services like rdate and rsync, for example, in the Advanced tab, acquiring the appropriate port # from /etc/services, the man page or at google.
Rolf
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