On Sunday 28 September 2003 19:35 pm, wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: Basil Chupin Sent: 9/28/2003 4:56:34 AM
bernd@covenantmail.net wrote:
HELP!!!
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Here's what I think is going on. I am now getting errors from the output of wvdial (using the tried and true -saved- copy of wvdial.conf). I am told that there are errors with the name servers and www.suse.de can't be found!?! So now I can't use wvdial or kinternet to connect.
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PLEASE Save Me!!!
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I'm going to cut to the chase here, because I am using windoze and my ISP's webmail.
Basil, I have already done everything, several times, that you stated in your e-mail that I am now replying. I sincerely appreciate the suggestions you and others have provided in the past. I have used, and referred to them often. This problem is entirely new, and has nothing to do with my length of connection problem. I can't connect at all!
****Problem is as stated in my previous e-mail above. I can't use -anything- to connect to my ISP from linux. I get the errors regarding my name servers, and can't access anything!!! No e-mail, no web, ftp, ...!!!
Could you clarify the above? Can you 'connect' to your ISP (the act of getting the modem to connect and then login to your ISP) ?? So maybe you can connect but then nothing seems to work? Your statement above about no email, no web, to ftp etc... smacks of an ifconfig problem (network setup) rather than any problem with the modem. It's not clear from what you have stated. You say you 'can't connect at all'... If the modem doesn't connect, then you can't expect ftp,web, etc... which leads me to believe that you *are* connecting but not getting much after that.
Regarding the name servers, all I have ever done is yast/modem (for use with kinternet), wvdial.conf (for use with wvdial), options (used by pppd), and kppp. My dns settings are always auto, as my ISP provides them during the connect sequence. I have not messed with dhcp as John suggested that I do. I wouldn't know what to do there.
I have dumped all my yast modem settings, wvdial.conf, and started fresh with system defaults (which has worked in the past, except for connection length problems). Yet the dns problem still remains.
What on earth have I screwed with to mess up the auto dns settings outside of wvdial.conf and yast/modem???
I'm about ready to backup /home, toast it all, and reinstall SuSE from scratch!!!!! Maybe that would take care of everything!?!
Sorry!
Bernd
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