On Tuesday 31 October 2000 01:53 pm, you wrote:
> Do you have windows? For some weird reason windows can auto-detect
> the DNS while linux cannot. Can anyone explain this?
>
> Connect under windows. Now you must run c:\windows\winipcfg.exe.
> Click More Info and there will be a field containing the ips for
> the DNS servers.
Problem with that is your system is at severe security risk
connecting to the Net with Windoze, no matter what kind of
AV/firewall software you try to add to it. It's worse than
connecting with Linux as root and with no firewall and security set
to 'come on crackers' ;>
'nslookup' see man or info nslookup
which also says: SEE ALSO
named(8), resolver(3), resolver(5)
My recent ISP (Earthlink) uses different DNS for different
locations. EL unfortunately runs on Netscape Enterprise (AoL crap).
I had some trouble at first setting up Kppp. I was never told they
use chap instead of pap, and I didn't think to ask. Another problem
was I was given one good DNS number and one wrong one (for my
location). Their tech support further confused the issue by
contradictory responses about which was wright/wrong, which was
primary/secondary. If you're foolhardy enough to connect with
Windoze this isn't a problem as EL's Windoze CD software dials in
and gets the local info.
Confused?, I was so I left Kppp blank, got a connection and did
'nslookup'. It reports a completely different number, EL tech says
"you're not supposed to know that ... how did you get it?" ;>
Needless to say they were suspicious of why I even needed this info,
"just put the Earthlink CD in an it'll set it up for you". <hehehe>
By the time the CD came in the mail I'd had a connection for several
days ;)
To shorten this up, I often see people answer these DNS
questions with the the old tried and true 'edit /etc/ppp/
resolve.conf' and enter the numbers your ISP gave you'.
Good advice most of the time, but not always true. It depends on
the ISP you're using. I have the (correct) numbers I finally got
from EL entered in Kppp. Linux does an "auto-detect" on connection
to EL and gets the 'real numbers' and puts 'em in resolve.conf ;>
BTW, my neighbors on EL, using Windoze (and winmodems) can only
get 28,8 or 26,4 connections due to the phone lines. I get always
get 31,2 and sometimes 33,6 using Linux. (I have a 33,6 hardware
modem). Most all of 'em think they've caught a virus at one time or
another too ;>>
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamie Kerwick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:38 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Internet in the UK
>
> > Has anyone managed to setup a connection to freeserve in the UK?
> > I have managed to setup the PPP correctly-ish. It connects to
> > the server however,
>
> i
>
> > get no server found when trying to goto sites. I think that the
> > problem is that i have no DNS listed in the PPP properties, the
> > problem is that i
>
> don't
>
> > know the IP address of the DNS which freeserve uses. Can anyone
> > tell me,
>
> or
>
> > give me the IP address of a different DNS which i could use, (i
> > am under the impression that any valid DNS will do, is this so?)
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Jamie
