Re: lost connectivity to ISP

2000-10-15 Thread Erik Steffl
try to figure out if the network works at all, use IP numberic addresses only, for example this one: 192.48.96.9 (ftp.uu.net), if that work you definitely have a problem with DNS and creating a valid resolv.conf file should help (you ISP should give you the DNS servers IPs) erik James

lost connectivity to ISP

2000-10-14 Thread James Clawson
When I upgraded from Slink to Potato I was no longer able to connect to my ISP: wvdial makes a connection(or so it seems) but I cannot run any net applications. I went looking for my resolv.conf file to add the DNS of my ISP (this is how I made it work with Slink) and found the file did not

Re: lost connectivity to ISP

2000-10-14 Thread John Hasler
James Clawson writes: I went looking for my resolv.conf file to add the DNS of my ISP (this is how I made it work with Slink) and found the file did not exist;... Did you file a bug? I made a file with the IP address-- but still no connectivity. _Exactly_ what did you put in it? What