On Thu, 7 May 1998, Kristian Farren wrote:

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.

This is not correct. You should ask your helpdesk for the correct address. regards, Ruud. -- Next time you wave, use all your fingers. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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.

Kristian Farren kf@wa..net

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Here are a couple of things that I found usefull: route this needs to point to ppp0 as the default, if not: route add default ppp0 this assumes that ppp0 is even in the list. Your /var/log/messages should show your local and remote addresses tail -35 /var/log/messages if ifconfig and route are configured properly and you are connected, you should have it!! Hope that helps mc BTW: I used kppp and did not edit any configuration files and it worked perfectly. I have an ISP with dynamic IP addresses and PAP authentication. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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.

After connecting to my isp, I generally use the command ifconfig ppp0 To see what my IP address is. (inet addr) I try to ping this, then i try to ping the other end of the ppp link (also listed from ifconfig I believe). If this works, then your computer is probably doing all that it should. As for the the nameserver in resolv.conf: no, it should not be 0.0.0.0. Generally, in SuSE, one does not edit the resolv.conf file directly, but rather uses YaST or edits the /etc/rc.config file which YaST creates. The relevant section is: # space separated list of nameservers that should be used for # /etc/resolv.conf # give a maximum of 3 IP numbers # (e.g. "192.168.116.11 192.168.7.7") # NAMESERVER="206.169.169.4 206.15.64.15" Then run /sbin/SuSEconfig to generate your resolv.conf entry. These values are sometimes called Nameservers, sometimes DNS servers. Your ISP should, and in fact MUST, tell you these addresses. (Technically, it is possible for these numbers to be assigned automatically by what is known as DHCP, but I do not believe setting this up under linux is a trivial matter, and the ISP can tell you the numbers anyway.) Hope this helps, -josh -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e