On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Bwalkup wrote:
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 06:35:22 -0400
> From: Bwalkup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Linux Newbie List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Netscape wont connect to net...
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble getting netscape to connect to the net when I get a
> ppp connection working. I can get minicom to start receiving the ppp
> garbage when you get a ppp connection going. (I'm using some program
> that automaticaly creats scripts to connect to compuserve (yes i know
> bad choice for an isp)) Well anyway It'll at least connect to compuserve
> and get me logged on allright and then i'll go into minicom and start
> the ppp session with it and it'll start sending the garbage. So then I
> go into xwindows and start up netscape (redhat 5.1's netscape version).
> But then it will complain about not being about to find the dns or
> something that i typed in... like www.yahoo.com... and then another
> warning saying it cant resolve things in resolve.conf or something like
> that..and sites like home.netscape.com and pages like that in the
> settings. And for some reason it also listed my local hostname in it.
I think your nameserver (in /etc/resolv.conf) is not setup. When you're
connected, try to ping 193.190.253.36 (ping -c 10 193.190.253.36). That's
a sample ip address on the net. If you get a reply, your ppp connection is
indeed running.
If it is running allright, the problem is your nameserver. In
/etc/resolv.conf you should have the following information:
search compuserv.com
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 194.7.1.4
nameserver 194.7.15.70
In your case, you would have 2 entrys, your isp's first and second
nameserver. Normally they provide this info when you get a subscription,
so check your docs. If not, just mail them.
Karel
Karel Bemelmans, Narfum Inc.
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