Ashley Maher wrote: > I am trying to set up a Telstra Prepaid wireless usb modum to Ubuntu 9.10. > > The initial set up went very well. > > However /etc/resolv.conf was empty. (As has been noted by some users I > found using google) > > So I statically entered some dns servers into /etc/resolv.conf from the > telstra list. Pinging the ip number of the server works fine. Pinging > the web address fails. > > So I entered the Bigpond dns servers for NSW, Queensland and Victoria > into network manager. This creates a nice shiny /etc/resolv.conf that > looks correct when ever the connection is made into the telstra network. > > Still, ping works for ip numbers, fails for urls. > > Yet if I enter a url - ip number pare into /etc/hosts all is good. > Remove the entry from /etc/hosts fail again. > > > Anybody with any ideas? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Ashley > > Just a thought but I put my DNS addresses in the prepend statement in dhcp.conf and all works fine. I use a BLiNK usb modem on Ubuntu 9.10 when I'm using my laptop, not telstra but the systems should be similar.
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