In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/10/00 at 10:26 PM, Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>On 10-Apr-2000 18:43:27 Sandy Shapiro wrote: >> I installed Debian (Slink) on another computer, and I think I may >> have >> missed something in setting up the ppp connection. >> >> I can dial out, connect to, and log on to my ISP. But when I try to >> ping a >> site, I get the error message: unknown host. When I use Mozilla, it >> says: >> Unable to locate the server. >> >> Ifconfig says that ppp is running. >> Wvdial says ppp negotiation detected; starting pppd. >> >> Everything seem to be working except I can't communicate with the >> ISP. >> >> Is there something I can edit to fix this? >> >> Is more information needed? >Did you put your nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf ? yes, it lists the name of the isp >What does the 'route' command tell you? Dest Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 137.110.0.90 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 default 137.110.0.90 0 0 0 0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 Thanks, Does this help? Sandy