On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 10:17:03PM +0530, K.Ghosh wrote: > > rp3 is the Red Hat PPP dialer for use within X. >
Thanks for this info ... yet another frontend to wvdial :-) > > wvdial.conf is created when rp3 is configured. I checked up by > deleting wvdial.conf. It was freshly created after I reconfig- > ured rp3. > Then surely it would have asked for ISP details and the DNS nos .. > > I did the reverse today, started up X, started rp3 and logged on > to internet. Then opened a terminal and tried mutt. mutt logged > on to my specified site yahoo and downloaded my e-mail. > > So, the DNS part is being taken care by rp3, logging on is through > wvdial. That is why it did not work with wvdial alone. > > Therefore, I do need to configure DNS for using internet outside X. > Is my reasoning correct? > If rp3 is merely a frontend, typing in wvdial from the command line would also get you on the net. This file /etc/resolv.conf is needed by chat scripts as well. This can be manually set, instead of get- ting into bad habits of depending on some tool for admining jobs. > > Now, how does rp3 manage DNS configuration? How to do likewise? > I do not know of rp3. For manual config, DNS-Howto and PPP-Howto maybe a starting point (perhaps a bit confusing initially though). You may need to do some RTFM. HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Changing keyboard repeat rate LOST #134 Is your keyboard so fast that you get repeat characters like thhiiissss ? You can slow it down ... Try : `kbdrate -r 3.0` This permits 3 keystrokes per second. 'man kbdrate' for more. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
