On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote:
>
> anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP
> fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot
> resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't. However I have had a few
> to resolve after an extended period of time. Anyone know what I could
> check, or do to maybe fix this problem?
Well, if any of them eventually resolve, then your DNS IPs are probably
correct. Find a specific IP (204.71.200.74 is www.yahoo.com) and 'ping
-c10' it from the command line. That should eliminate the DNS server from
the equation. If that returns in a reasonable amount of time (about
200-250 ms for me with a 56K modem connection) then the problem is
likely the DNS server itself. If the ping time is long then your
connection is probably poor in general and that could be line noise or a
problem at your ISP.
Hope that helps.
~Mike
