Earthlink's DNS settings are not the same for all of their customers,
but depend on the network that you're using. Mine are the same as Tom's,
but my authentication setting is PAP, not CHAP. For ex-Mindspring
customers, though, the DNS addresses, mail server, news server and other
settings are different. All told, they've got about 7 or 8 different
groups of settings. I just learned this when I went to the EL support
section and did a search on "DNS".
This may be totally off of the wall, but might be worth a try: When I
first installed LM last year, I couldn't get a connection. It turned out
that the dialler was sending M1L4 to the modem, and that ain't legal --
the maximum value for the M parameter is 3. The modem balked. The fix
was to edit the entry on the modem string page.
My 2 cents -
Carroll
Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> 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
