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Sometimes i get to connect with my Mandrake 9 box, and other times not.
Almost all of the time i get "connected" to the net, but can't do anything.
KPPP dials and docks to the panel. When i click on details, it shows me
that i have a local and remote ip.It also shows some minimal bites sent
and received.
Problem is i can't open any pages or connect to mail server.
Problem with DNS?

But then, other times it work  - usually i have to open up Mandrake
Control Center > Connection, and set up my LAN and modem with the
wizard, and when they ask to test the connection, i do that.
Maybe this is just by chance.

Tried a few times again this morning. The one time i got connected after
doing the wizard thing, the wizard gave me the following message:

Problems occured during configuration.
Test your connection via net_monitor or mc. If your connection doesn't work,
you might want to relaunch the configuration.

I could still open pages, so i didn't mind.
Later when i tried to open a new page, konqueror gave me:

An error occured while loading http://www.justlinux.com/:
Unknown host www.justlinux.com

So i disconnected and ran the wizard again.
It appeared to "connect" again, but this time i received the following
from the wizard, and wasn't able to do anything:

The system doesn't seem to be connected to internet.
Try to reconfigure your connection.

I use the ip of 131.107.2.2 with subnet of 255.255.0.0.
I configured my DNS and gateway as 127.0.0.1 in the wizard.

Thanx allot

Jaco

Quote:- Jaco writes:

    > Sometimes i get to connect with my Mandrake 9 box, and other
    > times not.  
    [...]
    > But then, other times it work -
    [...]    
    > Maybe this is just by chance.
    [...]
    > Tried a few times again this morning.
    [...]
    > I could still open pages, so i didn't mind.  Later when i tried
    > to open a new page, konqueror gave me:

    > An error occured while loading http://www.justlinux.com/:
    > Unknown host www.justlinux.com

    > So i disconnected and ran the wizard again.  It appeared to
    > "connect" again,

Well, my friend, to try to  configure networking on Linux by the trial
and error 'method' and without having _any_ idea what happens could be
a big pain in the ass, really.

I think it could be better if you do your homework and read:

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html

Then, if  with the new adquired  knowledge you are  still stucked with
the configuration, you could post your _specific_ problem here.

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--Jhair

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Quote:> I use the ip of 131.107.2.2 with subnet of 255.255.0.0.
> I configured my DNS and gateway as 127.0.0.1 in the wizard.

Yes, please read up a bit more as "Jhair" mentioned, but a quick
pointer: you need to add the appropriate DNS provided by your ISP, and
not 127.0.0.1.  127.0.0.1 is logically *your* machine.

Marco

Unless of course you have you box configured as a cacheing DNS, which
though not difficult is probably not what you have done.  But IF you
did, then localhost is ok as a nameserver.

Quote:

> Marco