On Wednesday 24 April 2002 05:05 pm, cervix couch wrote: > Once again I'm having trouble connecting with the Internet via Linux. I'm > running LM 7.1 > > I start KPPP from the desktop and everything appears to proceed as it > should. I get the message "Logging onto network", Netscape opens up, then > nothing else happens. Netscape freezes and it isn't until I turn off the > modem that I get error messages saying that it can't find the server. > > I've tried pinging sites like yahoo by name and IP addr and nothing > happens. > > I've checked /etc/host, /etc/host.allow, /etc/host.deny and everything > seems fine. The firewall isn't up. Ipchains looks OK (to me at least). > ifconfig looks OK too. > > So what could the problem be? >
If your ISP has assigned you addresses for his DNS-servers (like 123.456.789.1) try the "setup" in kppp. Then, in the DNS-tab, select "manual" instead of "dynamic". HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark
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