Hi there Prashanth,
This is a networking issue. Try pinging an external address (Eg ping
sunsite.unc.edu), and if that fails, try pinging by IP (ping 152.2.254.81).
If the first fails, but the second works, you may not be pointing at a
proper DNS server, and so you can't resolve names. Check your
/etc/resolve.conf points at a DNS server, and if they both fail, it's
probably that you're not connected properly. Run ifconfig to see that your
ppp0 interface is there and has a proper IP etc, and check your routing
table (route -n), maybe you don't have default route set to use ppp0 (the
interface your dialup uses) or something?
The linux networking how-to's cover this stuff pretty well.
htht
Nathan
-----Original Message-----
From: Prashanth L [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 3:19 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] '
Subject: dns entry not found!
iam a newbie to the wonderful world of
linux. i have installed linux (redhat 6.1)
at home on a partition and am having fun playing
around with it.
i have the following problem:
i am able to connect to my service provider
using kppp dialer and it even tells me how
long iam logged on ... BUT netscape is unable
to open any site - it says "dns entry not found" -
have any of you faced a similar problem?
please inform me where i should look for error
messages and what entries if any, i should make in
any files, so i can be a happy surfer again :-)
thanks in advance.
prashanth.
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