Dave, Thanks for the clarification on my questions. Earthlink/Mindspring has 3 nameservers for their Mindspring customers (of which I am one). They are: 207.69.188.185 207.69.188.186 207.69.188.187
I use the first two in my resolv.conf files and in the rp-pppoe setup. I can ping these numbers. Also, I can't seem to connect with their email servers, pop.mindspring.com and smtp.mindspring.com, so I'm not sure this is strictly a DNS problem, unless DNS is also required to resolve these names. Hmm, now that I think about it, I guess DNS must be involved. Is there a simple 'enable DNS' checkbox that I've missed? Now, I used to have a SuSE distribution (7.1), but I switched to Mandrake because of what appeared to be a more user friendly wrapper around the OS. I was able to connect with SuSE on the box, and I can connect under Win, so I'm not having a hardware issue. Thanks for the help, -Paul --- Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . > > But, I CAN ping various web sites using their IP > > addresses. > > If you can ing using an IP address but not using a > domain name, then the > problem almost certainly is in the domain > resolution. > > > Now, an ifconfig brings up the following info: . . . > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 . . . > > I'm wondering if that 'lo' entry is the problem. > > LO is needed, even if you are not connected to a > network. The reason is > that Linux runs lots of network-aware apps > (including X Windows), and they > need some sort of network to run properly. The local > loopback provides > this, in lieu of a "real" network. But even if you > have a real network > connection, you still need the local loopback. > > > Also, in the HOW-TO-CONNECT doc for rp-pppoe they > say > > "DO NOT configure the card to come up at boot > time." > > How do I do this? > > Go into Control Center, open the Services, and > disable Networking on boot. > > > AND here's another possible cause of my problem. > Is > > httpd supposed to be running? When I do a 'ps -A' > > while rp-pppoe is connected I get this: > > > Now, httpd is nowhere to be found. Should it be > there? > > httpd is the Apache web server daemon. You do not > need it for your PC to > be connected to the Internet. > > > Sorry for the length of the post, but I wanted to > be > > as detailed as a newbie can be about my suspicions > and > > my questions. > > No problem. Like I said above, the problem is almost > certainly with your > domain resolution. Either your PC is unable to reach > the DNS servers you > specified, or else the DNS servers are not > responding. What are the IP > addresses of Mindspring's DNS servers? > > Dave __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
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