Well, I'm hesitant so far to get my hands dirty
for fear of getting into a mess that I can't get out of ... I
had MandrakeLinux and the modem installed by a tech center
employee at CompUSA -- OS on Monday; modem on Tuesday after I
tried to get 4 old modems recognized. I'm completely new to
Linux, and I'd used Windows at a very non-expert level before
this.
I've not read enough manuals either. So I am most comfortable so
far with KDE. Here's what I've done to solve the problem (but it
had no impact on the connected-but-no-surfing sitution):
In KDE, I went to the "start menu",
Configuration/Networking/Netconfigurator. I
went, under Client Tasks, to the Name server specs/DNS...
There was an error with the current settings which mentioned how
/etc/resolv.conf needed to be edited -- and it seemed to be
fixable right there ....
So I added nocharge.com for the domain name where there was
nothing before, and edited the "IP of NameServer" -- added the
two addresses .... this part seems to correspond with your
suggestion.
Before doing this with KDE, I'd tried to use the command line
instructions you had written down, but am pretty stinky at it so
far ... lots of no command or file or something.
BTW, I don't understand the question "what do you do when you
type an IP address" asked by another person on the list.
Rita
--- Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> "Rita F. Koenigs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
>
> > I have 8.0. �I have been attempting to surf the internet
> without
>
> > success -- after logging onto the network using KDE kppp.
>
> >
>
> > I use http://www.nocharge.com, a free internet provider for
>
> > parts of WA, OR, and NY...the "connect" link says that
> nocharge
>
> > should work in the Macintosh, Linux, Unix platforms.
>
> >
>
> > Here's what happens: I log onto the network (I check
> connection
>
> > icon, and see the connection speed, duration, bytes
> sent/recd,
>
> > etc. in the kkk log).
>
> >
>
> > When I try to enter a URL in Konquerer or Netscape, I get
>
> > nowhere. When I do a ping in terminal, the error message is:
>
> > "unable to connect to remote host.". Same with pinging as
> the
>
> > root.
>
> >
>
> > Any ideas on how to solve this?
>
> >
>
> > The odd thing is, right now I'm using a windows 98 machine,
> and
>
> > I'm connected using the same tel. #, IP address, etc. Just
>
> > doesn't work for Linux, although nocharge claims to support
> it.
>
> ==================
> What does your /etc/resolv.conf say?? Did you edit it
> appropriately?:
>
> search nocharge.com
> nameserver <dns#>
> nameserver <dns#>
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