Thanks Dave, I will check on this and post you back. Since my system is not really "live" yet (I'm still dual booting from WinMe) I did a complete reinstall last night. I had tried so many leads that I wasn't sure what state my system was in, and (sigh) didn't document as I went.
I will this time. -Paul --- Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 22 October 2001 10:13, Paul Schwebel > opined on the topic: Re: > [newbie] DSL and 8.1, the saga continues > > 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. > > Yes, you do need DNS to resolve those, too ;-) > > > Is there a simple 'enable DNS' checkbox that I've > > missed? > > No, Linux should try to use DNS by default, as long > as you have the IP > addresses in your resolv.conf. > > You will need bind-utils installed. Do this in an > xterm: > rpm -qa|grep bind > > and see if you get a bind-utils package. If not, you > will need to install > it. If you know what bind is (a full DNS server), > then you may guess that > bind-utils is just a set of tools for domain name > resolution and other > information gathering. > > > 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. > > I have only used SUSe once, and it was a 6.x > version. Back then (a couple > of years ago), it seemed pretty good, but I ended up > switching to Caldera, > and then switching to Mandrake at the suggestion of > a friend. > > Dave > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE71JYUA68l26XsZUYRAsO5AKCSJa05bH14LFCwsLwn5UjJ1mM8MACg3GIP > ak7eZasT8/EGvnk2KtXVFW4= > =Yf1X > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
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