RE: ppp problem

[sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)]

In <[🔎] XFMail.20000410222629.pollywog@shadypond.com>, on 04/10/00 
   at 10:26 PM, Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com> said:


>On 10-Apr-2000 18:43:27 Sandy Shapiro wrote:
>> I installed Debian (Slink) on another computer, and I think I may
>> have
>> missed something in setting up the ppp connection.
>> 
>> I can dial out, connect to, and log on to my ISP. But when I try to
>> ping a
>> site, I get the error message: unknown host. When I use Mozilla, it
>> says:
>> Unable to locate the server.
>> 
>> Ifconfig says that ppp is running.
>> Wvdial says ppp negotiation detected; starting pppd.
>> 
>> Everything seem to be working except I can't communicate with the
>> ISP.
>> 
>> Is there something I can edit to fix this?
>> 
>> Is more information needed?

>Did you put your nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf ?

yes, it lists the name of the isp

>What does the 'route' command tell you?

Dest          Gateway      Genmask        Flags  Metric Ref  Use  Iface
137.110.0.90     *            255.255.255.255    UH   0       0      0    
ppp0 default       137.110.0.90   0    0    0   0      UG   0       0     
0     ppp0
 
Thanks,
Does this help?
Sandy