A quick reply to my own message here. kppp works OK, I can ping the
network I am connecting to, I just can't get netscape to recognize the
connection.
Jim
James Mellema wrote:
>
> I am running Mandrake 7.2 with the latest updates of kppp, netscape and
> Konqueror. I have an external modem on tty0 which connects using kppp
> without difficulty. I have just lost my slow/unreliable DSL connection,
> and replaced it with a 56k dial-up.
>
> For some reason, which escapes me at present, I am unable to get
> netscape (or the rest of the system for that matter) to recognize the
> change. The modem dials and connects without difficulty but the I cannot
> resolve addresses in Netscape or Konqueror. I have changed
> etc/resolve.conf to reflect the change in DNS servers. It appears the
> requests are not being transmitted to the modem, as the lights do not
> flash and no packets are noted in the log screen. I think the system is
> still trying to resolve addresses through the ethernet connection to the
> router. Is there something in networking I need to change to get the
> system to recognize the dialup connection?
>
> Jim
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> James Mellema
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> Linux User #71650
