Re: Network settings and ppp
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 11:54:04PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote:
> 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
Mmm, don;t thinks so.
Are you not mixing up hosts.conf with resolv.conf here ?
Cliff
> 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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