> Emilio Correa wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I am Emilio and my OS is Mandrake 7.0. with 96 of RAM and a HD of
> > 8.0 GB. FaxModem USR ext. I recently setup an internet account by kppp,
> > but I didn't fill in the DNS address. Now I can't see any WEB page with
> > Netscape when I'm on line.
> > My ISP doesn't need the DNS in windows 97 but may be it is different in
kppp.
> > Is necesary to fill in the DNS address in the kppp setup?
> > Is this information available in linux in somewhere?
> > Thanks and sorry for my english.
>
> --
> Win9x picks up it's DNS addresses via DHCP. It's possible that newer
> versions of the DHCP client for linux can get DNS info, but I've always
> manually set them for linux. If you boot to Win9x, & do start->run &
> type "winipcfg" (no quotes) it will pop up a box w/ your IP info. Then
> click on advanced (I think), it will be close to the top of the box, &
> you can get your DNS addresses from there to plug into linux..
>
> Joseph Red
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.cautioninc.com
>
This will work AS LONG AS you are connected to the your ISP at the time.
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