On Thursday 11 January 2001 09:59 am, Dennis Myers wrote:
> Another $.02, we're almost up to a dollar here, when I connect to
> earthlink my user name in KPPP has to be
> entered as ELN/denkar . If I tried just denkar it won't connect. For
> mail login under user name it requires only
> the denkar, go figure. So if you don't have the ELN/ in front of you
> login name you might give that a go.
OK, now a $1 even ;) I'm curious as to what/how earthlink differs
from most ISP's For starters, here's an nslookup (below sig), pay
particular attention to their DNS servers, ns*.EARTHLINK.net. I
suspect the reason EL's such a contradictory hodgepodge is the same as
AoL's mess, AoL/NutScrape-Enterprise Servers ;>> BTW, Carroll, EL
support told me PAP, but neighbors using EL here, clued me that CHAP
was needed to connect (and it is, here at least).
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
/home/tom : nslookup -dhs www.earthlink.net
;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, 218.100.6.198.in-addr.arpa, IN, PTR)
Got answer:
HEADER:
opcode = QUERY, id = 85, rcode = NOERROR
header flags: response, want recursion, recursion avail.
questions = 1, answers = 1, authority records = 2,
additional = 2
QUESTIONS:
218.100.6.198.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
ANSWERS:
-> 218.100.6.198.in-addr.arpa
name = dialcache021.ns.uu.net
ttl = 15997 (4h26m37s)
AUTHORITY RECORDS:
-> 100.6.198.in-addr.arpa
nameserver = auth51.ns.uu.net
ttl = 15997 (4h26m37s)
-> 100.6.198.in-addr.arpa
nameserver = auth02.ns.uu.net
ttl = 15997 (4h26m37s)
ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
-> auth51.ns.uu.net
internet address = 198.6.1.162
ttl = 158656 (1d20h4m16s)
-> auth02.ns.uu.net
internet address = 198.6.1.82
ttl = 172800 (2D)
Server: dialcache021.ns.uu.net
Address: 198.6.100.218
;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, www.earthlink.net, IN, A)
Got answer:
HEADER:
opcode = QUERY, id = 86, rcode = NOERROR
header flags: response, want recursion, recursion avail.
questions = 1, answers = 2, authority records = 4,
additional = 4
QUESTIONS:
www.earthlink.net, type = A, class = IN
ANSWERS:
-> www.earthlink.net
internet address = 207.217.78.110
ttl = 1647 (27m27s)
-> www.earthlink.net
internet address = 207.217.78.100
ttl = 1647 (27m27s)
AUTHORITY RECORDS:
-> EARTHLINK.net
nameserver = ns1.EARTHLINK.net
ttl = 1760 (29m20s)
-> EARTHLINK.net
nameserver = ns2.EARTHLINK.net
ttl = 1760 (29m20s)
-> EARTHLINK.net
nameserver = ns3.EARTHLINK.net
ttl = 1760 (29m20s)
-> EARTHLINK.net
nameserver = ns4.EARTHLINK.net
ttl = 1760 (29m20s)
ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
-> ns1.EARTHLINK.net
internet address = 207.217.126.41
ttl = 1760 (29m20s)
-> ns2.EARTHLINK.net
internet address = 207.217.77.42
ttl = 24111 (6h41m51s)
-> ns3.EARTHLINK.net
internet address = 207.217.120.43
ttl = 1760 (29m20s)
-> ns4.EARTHLINK.net
internet address = 209.179.179.19
ttl = 24111 (6h41m51s)
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.earthlink.net
Addresses: 207.217.78.110, 207.217.78.100
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Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> _ _ _
> Dennis M. registered Linux user #180842
>
> Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> > 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
