On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:01, Mark A. Bell wrote:
> The problem is that occasionally, maybe every 5th or 6th time that I
> connect, wvdial runs perfectly and establishes a connection to my ISP
> (Bigpond), but my browser won't access any sites. Dillo tells me
> "unable to resolve...", Firebird tells me "Trying to connect to..."
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sounds like name resolution - it took me a long time to understand
problems related to this when I first started using Linux (strokes
beard!!!).

I don't use wvdial but look for some setting in there for getting the
nameservers from the server when you connect to your ISP.

or

Set them in /etc/resolv.conf by finding out what they should be from
your ISP.



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