Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3785 mails)

["Bob S." <usr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 23 October 2003 00:56, R. Stia wrote:
> Hello SuSE folk.
>
> I can connect to my ISP using kinternet (pppd) just fine, and stay
> connected. Problem is that I cannot connect to the web, use e-mail,
> ftp, nothing.
>
> Problems started after an apt-get upgrade. Lots of packages so I
> don't know which one to blame. I checked every conceivable
> configuration file in ppp that I could think of. I then reinstalled
> kinternet from the SuSE CD. No change.
>
> This ISP uses PAP-secrets.Right clicking on the kinternet icon,"check
> connection", shows the dynamic addresses for the ISP and my computer
> but does not come up with a server name.
>
> Only one strange thing that I have found is in the
> ppp/peers/resolv.conf file. It displays some strange address
> (206.165.75.20) Where, if I remember correctly should be the DNS
> server numbers of my ISP. I change it to that DNS and as soon as I
> connect it reverts to the 206 etc. number.I don't remember or know if
> it is supposed to do that or not and have no idea what that address
> is. Checking that number in Windoze says it is unknown.
>
> What is it that allows web-browsing, e-mail collection etc. after the
> connection is established? Need help here; I have run out of ideas.
>
Don't know exactly what I did, but I took a look at the Yast Runlevel 
editor. There was a bunch of stuff in there that did not look right to 
me so I changed them.  Voila, able to connect to the outside world 
again.

Bob s.