On 07-May-98 Kristian Farren wrote:
I installed Suse Linux 5.2 about 2 weeks ago, as this is my first try at Linux please excuse ignorance on my part, I've read and re-read the f***** manual. The problem is that I am able establish a connection to my ISP ( I've used both a chat script and kpp) but I can't do anything, (e.g. ping). Ifconfig shows that I have a PPP connection running, I check In var/log/messages and don't see any glaring error messages, I think that the problem might be in the resolv.conf file as my ISP uses dynamic I.P. numbers I've set the nameserver at 0.0.0.0 I don't know if this is correct and my ISP is no help at all.
You need to set your nameserver to whatever your ISP has for a nameserver. The nameserver is what converts the "text name (like suse.com) to the real address (like 207.43.92.55). ---------------------------------- <A HREF="http://benham.net/index.html"><A HREF="http://benham.net/index.html</A">http://benham.net/index.html</A</A>> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>++++ P+++$ L++>++++ E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b++++ DI+++ D++ G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------------------------- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e