Thanks Ray, I'll try it tonight coz on work on. My bos didn't me doing my stuff
here.
rgrds,
yfu.
Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 11:56 AM 3/9/99 +0800, mkttrn1 wrote:
> >>you need
> >>to add the IP addresses of your ISP's DNS servers to your resolver file
> >>(/etc/resolv.conf). You also need to make sure that /etc/hosts includes the
> >>line "multi on".
> >Kindly enlighten me on how do I do that?
>
> To do which of these?
>
> To add the nameservers to resolv.conf, use vi (or the editor you prefer) to
> open the file, then add lines that read:
>
> nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
>
> replacing aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd with the IP address of a nameserver.
>
> To check if host.conf (not hosts; I wrote it wrong in my prior message -
> sorry) contains the needed lines, use "more" to display it on the screen.
> The file should read in its entirety as follows:
>
> order hosts,bind
> multi on
>
> If it doesn't, use an editor to add whatever is needed.
>
> >
> >I've tried to ping to my ISP but this messages came out couldn't reach jaring
> >(ISP name).
> >TIA.
>
> Sorry, that's not exectly what I asked. Can you ping by IP ADDRESS (that is,
> the number sequence aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd appropriate for your ISP's server)? Not
> by NAME? Failure to ping by name can just be a DNS failure, but even if DNS
> isn't working, you should be able to ping by address. If you can't do even
> that, then ppp itself isn't working right ... the first stage in fixing your
> problem is figuring out which problem you have.
>
> (Actually, you should try more than ping. My ISP won't respond to pings
> because they were involved in denial of service attacks a year or so ago.
> You should also try to telnet by address and, if possible, connect to a Web
> server by address.)
>
> Hope this helps. Good luck.
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