On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 01:16, Neast Pty Ltd wrote: > Hell Sluggers! > > Here I am logging in on m$hite, in disgust, if only for one reason... > > I can't receive email or web sites on my linux box. > > I can connect using kppp, but when I try to load any web pages nothing > happens. A view of the trafic info on the details page indicates an > incoming blip, but absolutely no outgoing data.
OK, Wild guess - you're running Mandrake Linux. If this is correct, what is happening is that you set up your eth0 at the same time as your modem. I have had this problem also, but it is usually easy to fix. Go to the mandrake control centre then select hardware. From this array you select the first icon (harDrake). Select your ethernet card and click on it and select "run config tool". let it autodetect and then untick the ethernet and tick the modem. This does not affect the ethernet card, but allows you to set up the modem. be careful as you go through the setup and you will see one window that asks if you want to use the modem to connect to the internet. Make the correct selection and after the configuration iscompleted it will be saves and the problem should be solved. Stay well and happy Heracles PS. What happened was that even though you were able to dial and get an IP address, mandrake was still trying to find internet pages and mail servers through the eth0 interface. A quirk in Mandrake's configuration that should be addressed. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
