Re: Non-Linux-aware ISP: please spoon feed

[Chris Lale <ctlale@coolscience.co.uk>]

Pigeon wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 07:00:21 +0000, Chris Lale
> <ctlale@coolscience.co.uk> wrote:
> > Here's a solution you may not like! If all else fails, connect to 
> > ukonline using Windows using their CD/helpline. Then copy the settings 
> > from dialup networking.
>
> Tee hee... that's how I connect to them at the moment!
>
> It does seem to be the case that pppconfig has created the same
> settings for Linux as dialup networking has for Windoze. In both,
> dynamic DNS is set.
>
> I can set dynamic DNS in dialup networking and it works, but in
> pppconfig, it doesn't. And Windoze being what it is, that "Server
> Types" tab is all you get. There's no human-readable file behind it
> somewhere to pull extra settings out of.

Perhaps you would be justified in submitting a bug report for pppconfig?

> Now, I can surf with waitrose (static), but not ukonline (dynamic); if
> I retrieve the IP address of a page while in waitrose, then kill
> waitrose and bring up ukonline, I can read the page, so most of it's
> working, just the dynamic DNS is dead.

I am no expert but it seems to me that you are hanging onto waitrose's 
DNS servers, so ukonline continues ok. I seem to remember being able to 
use Demon's DNS servers because they were publicly available (ie you did 
not have to login to Demon to use them). This was 2 or 3 years ago. I am 
not sure if that is still the case, and I am afraid I can't remember the 
adresses. Might be some mileage here though.

Hth

Chris

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