On Sun 28 Jan 2007 21:18, John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 28 January 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun 28 Jan 2007 20:32, John Andersen wrote: > > > On Sunday 28 January 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > when setting up Ethernet Card, this seems to screw-up the DNS > > > > look-up of WVdial > > > > > > > > - is it possible that vmnet virtual ethernet interferes with > > > > the functions of eth0 ? > > > > > > > > > > > > friendly greetings to openSuSErs > > > > > > First, how is vmnet involved? Is your suse machine a GUEST > > > virtual machine or a HOST (physical) machine? > > > > > > If it is the host, it normally brings up this interface early, > > > before you set up any dial connection. The dial connection > > > should override any settings of dns once it is established. > > > > _______________ > > > > thanks - Windows2000 runs as VMware guest on Host SuSE 10.1 > > > > I wondered if vmnet virtual ethernet might have something to do > > with this :- > > > > Trying to setup ADSL with a new ADSL Service > > Provider using Thomson Speedtouch 536 > > > > . . . when I return, defeated, to Dial-Up my current ISP with > > WVDial, I am confronted with : > > > > DNS failure > > > > > > - so I look at /etc/resolv.conf - and then look > > at /etc/ppp/resolv.conf [ which needed putting back to old dialup > > ISP, > > > > . . . STILL, am getting "DNS failure" > > > > - WHERE please should I look for the problem-file, probably > > somewhere in /etc/ > > Well, I use VMware in the same sort of setup, with 9.3 10.1 and 10.2 > and I also occasionally use dialup when traveling. > I have not had this problem. > > You say you looked at /etc/resolve.conf but you didn't say > what you found there. Did you see the proper name servers? > > If not, It sounds like the settings in Yast are not correct > with regard to dialup (and perhaps also the ADSL setup) to > specify that dns should be supplied by the dhcp process. > > If you did see the proper ones, then you may have to set yast > to tell it to modify the routes when making a connection. Type > route in a shell as root to see if the routing makes sense. _____________
thank you very much - am new to this & will have to poke around & see :) Much appreciate your Guidance -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
