Re: [Scottish] SuSe Internet Access

2005-04-26 Thread William Hamilton
yes, its your dns settings you will need to configure by the looks of it.

[23:11] * Dns resolved www.google.com to 66.102.9.99

Try pinging google directly with that IP and see if it gets through.
If so, its definatly the DNS.
Do you still have access to your Windows install?
Once your connecting in windows, do to the cmd line and type ipconfig
/all and note down the DNS Server IP's that it shows you.

Reboot into linux and open (i *think*) /etc/resolv.conf and pop in the
nameservers like this:

nameserver 212.67.202.2
nameserver 212.67.203.246
nameserver 194.73.73.172

(p.s. if you cant get your dns ips or dont have windows up then feel
freew to use those ips instead, they should work)

Robert Barbour wrote:
 Having restored printing services, I need to get back online with Suse. 
 Before abandoning MS Windows, I noted as many settings as I could, covering 
 the dialup access I have with Wanadoo.
 I have a US robotics external modem, definitely working OK, and configured it 
 in Yast/network Devices (US Robotics Courier everything) as modem0 with 
 Wanadoo Pay As You Go. So far so good.
 When I select Internet dialup and give my ISP password, the modem dials and 
 sounds like it is connecting. I get a wee plug icon in bottom right, which 
 gets a jaggy bit of yellow lightning on it. If I other click on it, one 
 option is to hang up, so I guess I'm connected?
 Opening Konqueror's browser and typing a URL gets an error message like 
 unknown host www.google.com.
 The sytem hangs up after a few minutes, and the lightning disappears from 
 icon.
 While 'connected' an attempt to update SuSe just gets couldn't resolve host 
 www.suse.de.
 I know I'm missing something but what?
 Do I need to Use Yast to configure any Network Services, and if so which? 
 (and how?).  I understand nothing about DNS, host names etc.
  All suggestion gratefully received.
 Regards
 Rob
 

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Re: [Scottish] SuSe Internet Access

2005-04-26 Thread ray
On Monday 25 April 2005 07:22, Robert Barbour wrote:
RB  I understand nothing about DNS, host names etc.

Mostly when using a dial-up ISP people get their ip address, default gateway, 
and nameservers dynamically.
My guess is that because you have set these as static. 
YAST/Network Devices/Modems/Providers/Edit/Next - select:
Modify DNS when connected
Automatically retrieve DNS (or insert P: 194.134.5.5  S: 194.134.5.55 
for Wannadoo)
/IP Details - select:
Dynamic IP address
/OK/Next/Finish

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