On Tuesday 09 January 2001 05:40 pm, ed tharp wrote:
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> I have been having a hell of a time with my Mandrake 7.2 powerpack
> install. I have setup my modem (worked great in 7.0) with setserial,
> and can connect thru kppp to my isp (earthlink) but it acts as though
> it has no DNS (can not connect to anywhere but ppp starts) I believe
> I have tried every damn setting I can think of. I looked at a log
> that said pppd died with error 15... man pppd says somethiong about
> "peer not returning an echo" is this some modem setting that I am
> screwing up? thanks in advance
ED, Please post in plain ASCII text.
Connecting to Earthlink can be a chore, and from what I can tell,
varies by location (the local number you call). Be careful of advice
to directly enter the DNS numbers in resolve.conf. EL use a Netscape-
Enterprise server that's a kissin cousin to AoL's Bu!!Sh+t. Once you
get good** EL DNS numbers entered into Kppp, on first good connect a
different set are auto written to resolve.conf
EL DNS (mine, YMMV):
207.217.77.82 and 207.217.120.83 (primary/secondary)
my /etc/ppp/resolve.conf:
nameserver 198.6.1.218
nameserver 198.6.100.218
(this is pretty standard DNS, not EL's, so you might try entering
these in resolv.conf)
my /etc/ppp/options:
lock
noauth
noipdefault
usepeerdns
Kppp: authentication is CHAP, dynamic IP, default gateway, domain is
www.earthlink.net, line termination 'cr'
** by good I mean: EL support (the 800 number) gave me 3 sets of bad
numbers before I discovered the right numbers for myself ;( and 2 days
before their windoze CD came in the mail.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
