Do a ping to an outside site like:
ping www.oracle.com
if you get the packet returned that means the connection is available.
Make sure you have proper DNS servers to do the name resolution.
Otherwise you can supply the IP address to a site, in that case you need
not bother about the DNS servers.
LM
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From: "c" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:31:22 +0300 (MSK)
Subject: Dial-up
8-Jan-99 16:58 you wrote:
Tell me please - after configuring Networking, & dial-uping,
How can i understand ? that connection is available?
And need i additional configuring after installiation and dial-up
configuring
under X-windows ?
Thanks !
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