you need to check som things:
1/ is your ppp interface up and running (use ifconfig to check this)
2/ is your default route pointing to your ISP router/gateway (use route
or netstat to check this)
3/ if you can access computers by their IP numbers but not by their name
the problem is DNS specific (you have to put your ISP's DNS server IP
address in /etc/resolv.conf).
I suggest you test all this and re-post with a more precise problem
after.
By the way i just re-read you post, do you use ppp ? , what do you call
"connect to your ISP ?" maybe you should explain a little more.
hope this helps
pascal
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeroen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 7:39 PM
To: LINUX-NEWBIE
Subject: Unable to access the internet
Hello all,
I can connect to my ISP and log in but when I try Lynx or Netscape
I get an error 'Alert unable to connect to remote host'
Guess I'm missing some detail here 'cause it works in Window$
and it worked in Slackware 3.4, but now I did a complete reinstall
with Slackware 3.6 and I get this error.
What am I missing?
Greetings,
Jeroen
