Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-06 Thread Guillermo Belli
I think the problem is with the DNS. There's an option in kppp that disables any other DNS than those you specified in kppp (those you enteres in linuxconf for example) while you connect to the net. Uncheck this option and try again. Mike Tracy Holt, escribió: No, actually, I am trying to

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-06 Thread Michael Holt
Guillermo Belli wrote: If you uncheck that box, you won't be able to dial up at all (been there); you get the message 'pppd has died unexpectedly'. Mike I think the problem is with the DNS. There's an option in kppp that disables any other DNS than those you specified in kppp (those you

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-06 Thread Kirk McElhearn
On 5/05/00, at 11:01, Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Kirk/Mikeif I'm reading this correctly you guys are both trying to connect to other computers in a private lan and also to connect to the internet via a wide-band connection such as cable or dsl with a single nic card? No, not

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-06 Thread Colin Whipple
On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: No, actually, I am trying to connect to my lan (nics and hubs and all) and at the same time connect to the web using my modem (regular dial up connection). I'll take any suggestions though I had problems when first starting to use Linux. I was on a small

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-06 Thread Colin Whipple
On Sat, 06 May 2000, Colin Whipple wrote: On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: No, actually, I am trying to connect to my lan (nics and hubs and all) and at the same time connect to the web using my modem (regular dial up connection). I'll take any suggestions though I had problems when

[expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-05 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
I don't think I really qualify as a Linux geek yet either... but here's my best shot. As far as your connection with kppp, it really shouldn't be that difficult. One thing I've noticed (and written to this list and the expert list about, nobody seemed to want to answer), is that you can either

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-05 Thread AG
Of course! His LAN connection is probably set up as the default route/gateway and as a result internet requests are being routed to the Appletalk network. Try doing a '/sbin/route del default' (sans quotes) before dialing and see what happens. In theory, kppp will assign a new default route.

[expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kirk/Mikeif I'm reading this correctly you guys are both trying to connect to other computers in a private lan and also to connect to the internet via a wide-band connection such as cable or dsl with a single nic card? If that is the case with you, then the problem is that you need a

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-05 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
No, actually, I am trying to connect to my lan (nics and hubs and all) and at the same time connect to the web using my modem (regular dial up connection). I'll take any suggestions though Mike - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: