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Old April 15th, 2003, 10:10 AM
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Internet connection newbie question
I have installed the driver for my ADSL modem in Linux (RedHat) and managed to connect (pinging works, local and remote IP ok,...) but I still can't view pages in Netscape (registering doens't work either)...
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Old April 15th, 2003, 11:46 AM
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When I use IP addresses, it works fine, so there seems to be a domain name resolving problem...

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Old April 15th, 2003, 11:57 AM
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You will need to configure /etc/resolv.conf,where you need to put your DNS servers and stuff. Since you are using Red Hat,you may need to copy /etc/resolv.conf to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf .
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Old April 15th, 2003, 12:12 PM
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Ok, I'll try copying the file and I'll have a look at the contents. What should be in there?
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Ok, I'll try copying the file and I'll have a look at the contents. What should be in there?


Your nameservers and maybe a domain that will be appended automatically if you type a host name only.
i.e.
Code:
nameserver 1.2.3.4
domain yourdomain.com


You can get the IPs of your nameservers from your ISP, look them up when you are connected in windows with "winipcfg"/"ipconfig" or use just any one on the internet.
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Problem solved, probably by copying from /etc/ppp to /etc, I'm working on RedHat right now!
Thanks a lot,
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