On Thu, 09 Dec 1999, Sharon Elix wrote about, Browser difficulties:
> Hello everybody
>
> I'm very new to linux as will probably become glaringly apparent by my next
> question. I cannot get a browser to work on my system (Red Hat 6.1, kernel
> 2.2.12-20). My modem is configured and I have set up a PPP connection to my
> ISP (everything looks fine in RH PPP dialer). When I try to access a remote
> host with Netscape, however, things look like they're working (ie stars and
> comets start flashing in the Netscape logo) but then the application freezes.
> The only way to close/escape Netscape then seems to be alt+ctrl+backspace.
> Thinking (hoping?) that it might be the application and not the user, I tried
> accessing a remote host with Lynx. This is the error message I got:
>
> Looking up www.redhat.com
> Unable to locate remote host www.redhat.com
> Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host
> lynx: Can't access startfile http://www.redhat.com/
>
> My /etc/host.conf file reads:
> order hosts,bind
> multi on
>
> My /etc/resolv.conf file reads:
> search
> domain www.cyberone.com.au [ISP URL]
domain cyberone.com.au
> nameserver 203.29.91.161 [ISP IP address]
>
> Is there some other file I have to edit? Any advice most appreciated. Please
> let me know if I have to provide more information.
The ip number of www.cyberone.com.au is 212.115.192.193
web1.canberra.net.au is 203.29.91.161 are you sure you have the ip numbers
correct for what your isp has as his address and what his nameserver is.?
resolv.conf is the problem i think, or it could contribute to the problem,
can you resolv hostnames,? for example does nslookup work,
nslookup 44.137.28.48 should return to you;
pa3gcu.ampr.org
If thats ok then it looks like you dont have a default route which would
give all the symptoms you describe.
I doubt if netscape has frozen on you, it does that when it cant resolve a
host, that would indicate that you cant resolv hostnames, thats why i gave
the example above. If thats the case check all your routes.
route add default gw your_isp ppp0
But ppp should have set that at link time.
> Thanks
> Sharon
>
> Ps I sent this message from Windows.
>
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