Re: DNS works nowhere but with Netscape
You could try adding "usepeerdns" to the pppd options, but if your
/etc/resolv.conf is correct then I cant see it helping. Just something
to try.
Regards,
Robert Davidson.
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 12:21:04AM -0200, Paulo Gustavo Soares Fonseca wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using PPP to access my ISP on a Debian (potato) machine. I have set up a
> connection (as a matter of fact, more than one, to different ISPs - all with
> the same result) with pppconfig and I am using pon/poff to connect/disconnet.
> Everything looks just fine but I just can't get names resolved. If I try
> something like "ping <IP NUMBER>" it works fine but if I try "ping
> <HOSTNAME>" it gives me the unpleasant "Unknown host". The DNS server is
> always online and i can get names resolver through "nslookup <HOSTNAME>"
>
> Here's the most weird thing: I get a similar result ("Unknown host") if I use
> any other net program (telnet, ssh, mail clients, KDE konqueror, etc) but
> when I use Netscape (no proxies) everything works perfectly well!
>
> My ISP uses static DNS (I've also tryed Dynamic DNS with another ISP).
> Here are some of my files:
> -------
> /etc/host.conf (owner:root group:root permitions: 644)
>
> order hosts, bind
> multi on
> -------
> /etc/resolv.conf (owner:root group:root permitions: 644)
>
> domain uol.com.br
> nameserver 200.246.5.2
> nameserver 200.30.0.97
> -------
> /etc/ppp/options (COMMENTS OMMITTED)
>
> asyncmap 0
> crtscts
> hide-password
> modem
> proxyarp
> lcp-echo-interval 30
> lcp-echo-failure 4
> noipx
> -------
> Here's the result of "netstat -rn":
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
> 200.231.86.226 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
> 0.0.0.0 200.231.86.226 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
> -------
>
> Does anyone know what the hell is going on? I trust you, Linux gurus the help
> me through this. It's driving me crazy. And what makes me furious is to know
> that it must be something really silly.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paulo Soares
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-isp-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
Reply to: