Hi Ray,
there are my answers, I hope they help since I am at a loss.
> This is a bit sketchy as descriptions go. I recognize your name,
>so I know
> you've posted in the past ... but I don't have your old messages around to
> consult for the details.
>
> So let's look at some things ...
>
> 1. The log entries for a recent pppd session, and, for
> comparison, the entries from an older, successful
> session (if you have them).
I do not have
> 2. When pppd is active, the output of
> ifconfig -a
> route -n
First server
[root@Peter /root]# ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:208.162.7.153 P-t-P:207.2.6.20
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST
MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:33 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
[root@Peter /root]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use Iface
207.2.6.20 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
Second server
[root@Peter /root]# ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:203.168.0.119 P-t-P:202.61.95.4
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST
MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
[root@Peter /root]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use Iface
202.61.95.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> 3. For each nameserver listed in /etc/resolv.conf, the
> results of "ping a.b.c.d" where a.b.c.d is its
> IP address. (Also make sure the nameservers listed
> here are the same ones you have on your Win98 and
> RH5.2 hosts.) Do this with pppd active, of course.
[root@Peter /root]# ping -c 5
usage: ping [-LRdfnqrv] [-c count] [-i wait] [-l preload]
None wants to ping
[root@Peter /root]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 202.61.64.2
[root@Peter /root]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 206.101.197.230
> 4. For some of the FQDNs you were unable to connect to,
> try "host" on them and see what response you get.
You lost me there
>
> Just to be clear ... in all 3 cases (RH6.1, RH5.2, and Win98), you are
> connecting directly to your ISP over ppp? Is this the same machine,
> multi-booting, or are they 3 separate hosts?
Yes, same machine, same ISP multi-booting. W98 and RH 6.1
with Lilo, RH 5.2 on second hard drive with floppy.
> And ... what program is giving you the message "Connection failed:
> temporary name server error". These lines usually have a program name at
> the beginning, if they are command-line responses. Is it fetchmail? Or
> something else?
It is fetchmail, "POP3 connection to pop.[server] failed: temporary name server error"
>
> And finally ... did you do any sort of system updates just before the
> problem started? Even something you would think has nothing to do with
> networking?
Yes, the problem started after I had added a new Linux partition for /usr/local.
Before that I tar(ed) the folder to /mnt/dos/, deleted the old
/usr/local partition added the new partion and extracted the files
back to the new, enlarged /usr/local partition.
Thanks and regards
At 12:08 PM 3/20/00 +0800, Peter wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I am using RH 6.1 and all went fine when all of a sudden now I can
> >not connnect anymore to the internet. When I dial I can log in and
> >the minutes run away yet when I try to fetch mail I get the
> >message "Connection failed: temporary name server error". With
> >the Lynx browser the message is "unable to connect to remote
> >host". I have 2 ISP and it is with both.
> >I am unaware having done anything stupid and I operate anyhow
> >always as user. Now I am back in W98 for mail and for browsing in
> >RH 5.2.
> >Any suggestion how to get out of this rut?
>
Peter
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