Sounds like a DNS problem. Is the first entry in your resolv.conf on
the remote end of your dial up?
I had a similar problem when switching from diald to straight ppp to
dial an alternate ISP. This is a ppp issue and not diald.
On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 09:29:55PM +1100, Mark Harrison wrote:
> Actually, I take that back. It takes about two minutes. Which, I'm sure you
> would agree, is next to useless.
>
> Mark Harrison
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 1998 9:25
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Delay in start of dialling...
>
>
> Folks,
>
> I have tried to configure diald. Here is my setup:
>
> o RedHat 5.0 with 2.0.32 kernel, no updates applied
> o IPMasq is working correctly
> o My internal network is 192.168.0.x
> o I use a dynamic IP address from the ISP.
> o BIND is configured and running correctly. It has one zone for my internal
> network (overkill. I know:) and caches for the rest of the world.
> o Latest diald RPMs from an official RedHat mirror site (0.16.5a)
>
> At the moment, I have shell scripts that start and stop the PPP link. These
> scripts, use the configuration from the network control-panel applet
> provided with RedHat.
>
> When I have had diald configured and running, it seems to take over 45
> seconds to start dialling. Is this normal? The Linux machine is only a
> 486-100 with 32Mb of RAM but it is hardly doing anything.
>
> Does someone here have a similar configuration that works who would be we
> willing to share their diald configration files?
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Mark Harrison
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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