On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 18:32, Anarky wrote: > H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > >On Friday 29 August 2003 22:33, Anarky wrote: > > > > > >> I'm asking this for a friend: > >>she installed Mandrake 9.1, and dial-up worked ... well .. pretty much > >>(I was suprsied because I have never seen a dialup modem working with > >>linux) > >> > >> > > > >Since the coming of "kppp" I've never known it not to work, providing the > >modem is recognized. > >So next time try that. > > > > > she was using kppp to connect ... cool app .. it connected, but the > network wasn't working > > > > > > >>... thing is: it connects to the isp ... but any website one > >>tries to browse to ... it says 'could not reach host' .. or something > >>like htat .. so it actually connects, uses the password ... logs in ... > >>but then everythign is like if it were offline. Ideas please? > >> > >> > > > >Probably the DNS is misconfigured.......for a dialup one doesn't have to > >configure anything i.e. "loopback" is sufficient. > >Peoples coming from Windows usually overdo things here, expecting > >configuration to be some sort of black magic. > > > > > ummm .. so what should she do exactly? and where? > in kppp, she needs to setup the dns or in resolv.conf
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