> --------------------------------------------------------------------- I decided to try Mandrake since I had 8.1 here. All works well EXCEPT I cannot browse the internet or collect email. When I dial (wvdial) the system logs on and IFCONFIG tells me the address I have been assigne and the p-t-p address. I can ping the p-t-p address and all seems well. The browser has the same proxy settings as before (I never reformat /home) and the SMTP and POP settings are correct but no matter which browser I try I get a long timeout period and then "cannot find server" and "check address" errors and kmail says it can't find the server. Any clues appreciated.
Stay well and happy Heracles > --------------------------------------------------------------------- I think I had this once, even though I *did* have the DNS(s) in /etc/resolv.conf. I believe the answer turned out that even though it knew the DNS, it didn't know how to get *to* the DNS. I was manually typing a long 'ppp' command to connect to my ISP, and my solution was to add the 'defaultroute' parameter to the command. The "route -n" command should be able to help you figure out if this is your problem. --Tom -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
