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  From: Stephen Donaldson <steve@cyberqual.com>
  To  : richard.how@bigpond.com, linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:32:05 +0930

Re: follow up to MD7.1 connections

It's fixed now.

Thanx to Richard and Tom who put me on the right track (and Suse's YAST its really
cool)

I installed Suse6.4, after much depression, as trial.  It had been on my desk for a
couple of weeks so I needed a break from trying to fix MD7.1.  Ne'ways it seems that
when KPPP is launched it modifies the resolv.conf file.  It adds the ISP's DNS and
attaches a comment like so

( nameserver  XXX XXX XXX XXX #temp by kppp )

This was NOT happening with MD7.1 all that was in place was

(         empty space here        #temp by kppp) NO name servers.

If I had put the DNS info in during the install it would have found it and used it.
However, when I opened KPPP and added the DNS info this is where is has a "hang
up"   It appears that it does not read this new addition to the network and hence
empty namserver temporary files were placed in the resolv.conf file.... phew.

On hind-site, actually I did not restart the network, maybe that would have
helped!!!

So thanx again all who helped and the superb YAST that provided clear explanations
of what I was fiddling with and what I needed to do for the changes to be effective.

I really liked suse, she and I could go steady :-)  if she would only let me use
Gnome as the default.

I know how Alice felt now, the hole went deeper that I imagined :-)

Steve


Stephen Donaldson wrote:

> Thanx to all who have replied, it has been a good learning experience.
> I am now able to ping outside sites and telnet, however, when I use Netscape I
> get "unknown host" even if I use an IP number.
>
> I hope this may help the experienced guys out there a little more, thanx for all
> the help so far.
>
> Steve
>
> Richard wrote:
>
> > Have you got a file called /etc/resolv.conf? Should look something like this
> >
> > nameserver 139.134.5.51
> > nameserver 139.134.2.18
> >
> > without it you can dial up and connect but as you say you go nowhere.
> >
> > Try adding usepeerdns to /etc/ppp/options and when you dial you should get
> > /etc/ppp/resolv.conf which you can either copy to /etc/resolv.conf or make
> > a symbolic link to.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 09:35:20PM +0930, Stephen Donaldson wrote:
> > > I am having problems getting connected, not with the connection to my
> > > ISP that goes fine,  but I cannot get to the INternet from there.  I
> > > have had no problems with md 6.1, 7.0 and after much frustration
> > > reinstalled 7.0 and hey no problems at all.
> > >
> > > I put 7.1 back on with NO network settings, just a modem connection and
> > > tried again, same problem.
> > >
> > > Once connected to the ISP I can't ping or  telnet any site, NOT even the
> > > remote address given to me by the ISP.  The terminal just hangs until I
> > > press crtl-C.
> > >
> > > Has any one had similar problems with md7.1?
> > >
> > > Your help would be appreciated
> > >
> > > Thnx
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
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