Re: [LUG] PPP link prob

["Kelly Jones" <kj at kellyjones.worldonline.co.uk>]

Can anyone shed any light on a problem i have with Linux Mandrake 7.2, i can
connect to the net but netscape cannot find any sites.  I have phoned my ISP
"worldonline" and checked i have the correct DNS addresses setup which they
say i have but still no joy, what else could be wrong?????
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Horne" <J.Horne at plymouth.ac.uk>
To: <lug-list at area51.termisoc.org>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: [LUG] PPP link prob


> On 22-Mar-01 at 22:35:45 Tom Laithwate wrote:
> > hi, long time since I posted, I have learned quite a bit since then
> > (Perl is so easy to learn, 'learning perl' is the best computer book
> > ever IMHO). Hope to play a more active role in the LUG from now on.
> >
> > I am setting up a 'Dial-on-demand' server, however I have come
> > unstuck fairly early on with the connection to my ISP (Eclipse).
> >
> > The script send CONNECT which works fine (I have a SAY after this)
> > but the server doesn't reply with 'ogin', or any variation (I can
> > think of!). A have a feeling that I am making a very stupid mistake,
> > but I can't try indefinetly because its 5p a time ;-)
> > KPPP works so its not the system
> >
> Try looking in the system log file(s) - /var/log/messages probably. It
> should/may show the conversation ppp is having. Alternatively try running
> minicom and doing the initial conversation by hand.
>
> BTW - for those thinking of the 2.4.2 kernel - make sure you get a 2.4
> version of pppd. Without it, as I found, ppp doesn't work (drops the
> connection), and without it you can't download the 2.4 rpm because you
need
> ppp, which doesn't work, so you need to download the 2.4 rpm but you need
> ppp, which doesn't work, so you need to download the 2.4 rpm...:-) You get
> the picture.
>
> John.
>
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