Re: [newbie] Connect w/ ISP, but unable to surf/ver. 8.0
On Saturday 23 June 2001 06:47, Rita F. Koenigs wrote: MandrakeLinux 8.0 and the modem that is supposed to be linux-compatible were both installed by the Tech Center at CompUSA ... I'm not sure if the modem was completely configured now that I've done some seeking. For one thing in Harddrake, nearly all the components are assigned a module, while the modem is not ... I press the configure hardware button and it makes the false claim that it's a winmodem. I checked in the PCI device listing, and saw this about the modem: Serial controller: U.S. Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem 5610 (rev 1), IRQ 5, 1/0 at 0xec00, bus 1, device 0, function 0. http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010604b.html Says this model IS OK, but I am very curious about the behavior. Harddrake is hard-pressed to have up-to-date databases with new models of modems out every week. Just a couple of months ago there were three PCI modems that were not winmodems, and just a couple of months ago, we released 8.0. It looks like the Ethernet controller that's been sitting in the box for a year or so unused *is correctly configured though (too bad I don't have a network hooked up, or a high speed connection)!! Whoa! If they configured the ethernet controller first, then the internet connection is looking at it as the default gateway. Go to Control Center=Network Internet=Connection Click on Expert Mode A button called Configure will appear. Click it. Make sure you remove the configuration for the Ethernet card--you can add it later as a LAN Now configure the modem then click on Configure Internet Access NOW, You should be able to maintain your connection--it is the default gateway that was wrong. Civileme How would I go about correcting the problem, short of going back to CompUSA? Rita --- Rita F. Koenigs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I opened KDE's Advanced Editor after finding /etc/resolv.conf. Edited it and saved it. This did not solve the problem. Rita === OK Rita, humor an old man ;o) Do not open a terminal (for command line), open a text editor. Any of the K editor's is fine, just be certain to do this as root. Now tell the editor to open the file /etc/resolv.conf. It may be almost empty (or indeed, empty). Now add the three lines I suggested in my last e-mail: search nocharge.com nameserver dns# nameserver dns# Now save those changes and try to connect again. This is a simple matter of editing text, not using the dreaded command line 8^) HTH, Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Connect w/ ISP, but unable to surf/ver. 8.0
MandrakeLinux 8.0 and the modem that is supposed to be linux-compatible were both installed by the Tech Center at CompUSA ... I'm not sure if the modem was completely configured now that I've done some seeking. For one thing in Harddrake, nearly all the components are assigned a module, while the modem is not ... I press the configure hardware button and it makes the false claim that it's a winmodem. I checked in the PCI device listing, and saw this about the modem: Serial controller: U.S. Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem 5610 (rev 1), IRQ 5, 1/0 at 0xec00, bus 1, device 0, function 0. It looks like the Ethernet controller that's been sitting in the box for a year or so unused *is correctly configured though (too bad I don't have a network hooked up, or a high speed connection)!! How would I go about correcting the problem, short of going back to CompUSA? Rita --- Rita F. Koenigs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I opened KDE's Advanced Editor after finding /etc/resolv.conf. Edited it and saved it. This did not solve the problem. Rita === OK Rita, humor an old man ;o) Do not open a terminal (for command line), open a text editor. Any of the K editor's is fine, just be certain to do this as root. Now tell the editor to open the file /etc/resolv.conf. It may be almost empty (or indeed, empty). Now add the three lines I suggested in my last e-mail: search nocharge.com nameserver dns# nameserver dns# Now save those changes and try to connect again. This is a simple matter of editing text, not using the dreaded command line 8^) HTH, Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Connect w/ ISP, but unable to surf/ver. 8.0
On Thursday 21 June 2001 20:16, Michael Scottaline wrote: Rita F. Koenigs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have 8.0. I have been attempting to surf the internet without success -- after logging onto the network using KDE kppp. I use http://www.nocharge.com, a free internet provider for parts of WA, OR, and NY...the connect link says that nocharge should work in the Macintosh, Linux, Unix platforms. Here's what happens: I log onto the network (I check connection icon, and see the connection speed, duration, bytes sent/recd, etc. in the kkk log). When I try to enter a URL in Konquerer or Netscape, I get nowhere. When I do a ping in terminal, the error message is: unable to connect to remote host.. Same with pinging as the root. Any ideas on how to solve this? The odd thing is, right now I'm using a windows 98 machine, and I'm connected using the same tel. #, IP address, etc. Just doesn't work for Linux, although nocharge claims to support it. == What does your /etc/resolv.conf say?? Did you edit it appropriately?: search nocharge.com nameserver dns# nameserver dns# dns#'s should be provided by the ISP.[root@civileme tester]# host -a www.nocharge.com. Trying www.nocharge.com. ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18825 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.nocharge.com. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.nocharge.com. 3466IN CNAME nocharge.com. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: nocharge.com. 172666 IN NS DNS1.TEL-NETCOM.NET. nocharge.com. 172666 IN NS DNS2.TEL-NETCOM.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: DNS1.TEL-NETCOM.NET.172666 IN A 64.40.37.37 DNS2.TEL-NETCOM.NET.172666 IN A 64.40.37.38 Or by one of us with internet functioning machines. DNS1 is 64.40.37.37 and 2 is 64.40.37.38. I would reverse the order to pull from the presumably more lightly loaded secondary. Civileme HTH, Mike -- Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there. --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] Connect w/ ISP, but unable to surf/ver. 8.0
Rita F. Koenigs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have 8.0. I have been attempting to surf the internet without success -- after logging onto the network using KDE kppp. I use http://www.nocharge.com, a free internet provider for parts of WA, OR, and NY...the connect link says that nocharge should work in the Macintosh, Linux, Unix platforms. Here's what happens: I log onto the network (I check connection icon, and see the connection speed, duration, bytes sent/recd, etc. in the kkk log). When I try to enter a URL in Konquerer or Netscape, I get nowhere. When I do a ping in terminal, the error message is: unable to connect to remote host.. Same with pinging as the root. Any ideas on how to solve this? The odd thing is, right now I'm using a windows 98 machine, and I'm connected using the same tel. #, IP address, etc. Just doesn't work for Linux, although nocharge claims to support it. == What does your /etc/resolv.conf say?? Did you edit it appropriately?: search nocharge.com nameserver dns# nameserver dns# dns#'s should be provided by the ISP. HTH, Mike -- Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there. --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
[newbie] Connect w/ ISP, but unable to surf/ver. 8.0
I have 8.0. I have been attempting to surf the internet without success -- after logging onto the network using KDE kppp. I use http://www.nocharge.com, a free internet provider for parts of WA, OR, and NY...the connect link says that nocharge should work in the Macintosh, Linux, Unix platforms. Here's what happens: I log onto the network (I check connection icon, and see the connection speed, duration, bytes sent/recd, etc. in the kkk log). When I try to enter a URL in Konquerer or Netscape, I get nowhere. When I do a ping in terminal, the error message is: unable to connect to remote host.. Same with pinging as the root. Any ideas on how to solve this? The odd thing is, right now I'm using a windows 98 machine, and I'm connected using the same tel. #, IP address, etc. Just doesn't work for Linux, although nocharge claims to support it. Rita __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
