Hi Gerald, Actually I have got it to work, but only half...
I manually added a route P-t-P address you can see in ifconfig, it is the ppp remote address. ie. route add default gw 203.88.236.90 After doing this I can now ping the nameservers listed in resolv.conf and all DNS names seemed to be resolved into an address. I can now browse some sites as well, but not all. For some unknown reason I can ping and browse to say www.apple.com but not to www.mandrake.com. DNS resolves the address correctly, but it just times out. So how is it you can get to some and not others ? My Windows 2000 machine using the same PPP ISP connection and IP addresses works fine. I still feel it is some kind of routing thing, but my expertise is getting a little thin here. FYI route shows: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface riv236090.river * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 172.20.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default riv236090.river 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 default 172.20.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 Which with the -n option shows: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 203.88.236.90 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 172.20.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 203.88.236.90 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 0.0.0.0 172.20.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 All the best, Rob. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Waugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem with ISP DNS address lookup > On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Rob wrote: > > Hello Gerald, > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > Yes, I realise it should show the local IP address, but should it be that of > > the locally assigned ppp port provided by the ISP's DNS server, or that of > > the ethernet card which I can't see relevant to this. > > > > When I ping the external server port, it displays my local ISP assigned IP > > address which I assume to be correct. But when I try to ping any external, > > valid IP address it displays the addres of my ethernet card. > > > > The resolv.conf file looks like: > > > > domain acay.com.au # my ISP > > search rob.com.au acay.com.au > > nameserver 203.88.255.99 #kppp temp entry > > nameserver 203.88.240.88 #kppp temp entry > > > > My ISP tells me these are correct. > > Also when I connect from my Windoze 2000 machine these addresses are > > pingable. > > > what does route -a look like, is there a gateway in there? > > -- > Gerald Waugh > http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com > New Haven, CT United States of America > >
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