----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Mehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "linux newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)
> Hi What modem are you using?? 3Com US Robotics 56K Message Modem > Did you use the mandrake internet connection wizard?? Yes - several times! > Please give us some more information so we can help. > What else do you need to know? And, as I'm very new to this, where do I need to look? > Aaron > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 08:09, Margot wrote: > > I'm a very newbie running Mandrake 9 and I can't get it to connect to the > > internet. > > > > My ISP is eurobell. I've set up the connection in MCC, and that bit seems to > > work OK - it dials, verifies my username and password, and is clocking up a > > penny a minute for the connection when I test it - but I can't get any > > further than that. > > > > I've tried setting up my details (username, password, server names as > > supplied by eurobell), but when I use the various applications to try to > > access www, usenet, email accounts I just get error messages - message > > wording varies depending on the application, but amounting to "host eurobell > > unknown". > > > > I've checked the documentation on the machine and printed out several trees > > worth, but still can't crack this. The only documentation I found that seems > > relevant told me that the host name should be in the /etc/hosts file. This > > is what my /etc/hosts file contains: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > 192.168.0.50 home > > > > No mention of eurobell in the file. Should I add something here and, if so, > > what? > > > > I've been reading this list for a couple of weeks and picked up some useful > > tips, but nobody seems to have exactly the same problem as me. Luckily I > > still have the old Win 98 machine running so I can access the mailing list - > > but it is annoying to have to unplug the modem and keep moving it from one > > machine to the other as they are in different rooms! > > > > I tried eurobell's tech support, but their first question was "which version > > of Windows do you have?" and the conversation went downhill from there..... > > > > Can anyone help? TIA > > Margot Lawrence > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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