On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Brian P. Trotter wrote:
In case you are still having problems:
http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/generic_settings/settings.html:
DNS1 207.217.126.81
DNS2 207.217.77.82 or 207.217.120.83
And I don't even use Earthlink ;)
Paul
>Bascule,
> I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink provides automatic DNS for the
>dialup connection. I have never configured DNS on either the Mandrake or the
>98 PC's. Is there a way I can find out what DNS servers the Mandrake PC is
>using, so that I can plug those servers into the 98 PC?
>
>Thank you....
>
>
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bascule
>Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:35 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] DNS issue?
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>not sure brian, but in win you have to set the box to be on a lan and tell
>it
>to use dns, i set my win98 box to have the same two dns server entries for
>my
>isp as i gave the mandrake box, iirc the place to do this is control
>panel>network>tcp/ip-network adapter>properties, on the dns tab choose
>enable
>and fill in the fields, in the gateway tab i have put the address of my
>mandrake box as that is the gateway to the net (this might not be necessary
>but it works for me!)
>
>bascule
>
>On Saturday 25 November 2000 5:10 pm, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> When I try to use the web, or ping anything by name, it doesn't work. It
>> seems as though the name resolution isn't working on the 98 PC. The DNS is
>> disabled, so I am assuming it is using the Mandrake computer to get its
>> name resolution from.
>>
>> Problem is, I don't know how to check the Mandrake server to see where it
>> is getting its name resolution from. I checked the /etc/nsswitch.conf
>file,
>> and the order are files dns nis nisplus.
>>
>> I am able to access everything fine from the Mandrake computer, so I
>> believe name resolution on it is fine. I just don't think it is passing
>> name resolution back and forth between Mandrake and 98. If Mandrake is
>> getting its DNS settings (if it isn't getting them from somewhere else)
>> from the ISP when I dial in, where is it configured to tell it to use the
>> DNS from the ISP, and how do I configure it to pass the DNS resolution
>back
>> to the 98 PC?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> brian
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