Re: Network settings and ppp
To quote "Elizabeth R. Chichester" <complaw@hal-pc.org>,
# Okay, I made a mistake. When I set up Debian on my home machine, I
was
# thinking in terms of a home network and so set up networking (through
# eth0). Unfortunately, I got ahead of myself and don't have everything
# set up. Specifically, I didn't have internet access handled.
#
# I did set up wvdial during the installation process. It works. I'm
# able to connect to the ISP. However, I can't get a DNS reading (i.e.,
I
# can't ping anything successfully). The Gnome ppp dialer (where you
can
# specify the DNS addresses of the ISP) consistently gives an error
# message.
#
# Does anyone know (or can you direct me) to where I should "disable"
# networking so that I can get DNS through my ISP and otherwise get on
the
# 'net? Just a sample /etc/init.d/networking and /etc/resolv.conf (or
# other files) might do the trick.
Sure :) /etc/resolv.conf should look something like:
order hosts,bind
nameserver ip.address.of.nameserver
nameserver ip.address.of.2nd-nameserver
That'll probably fix things, but no guarantees ;) Consider this a
quick-fix :)
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
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