Very Computer

by **Glendo** » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:52:36

Browsing Problem
Using : Mandrake8.1, KDE, KPPP

I am able to connect perfectly, with no problems,
but I am unable to browse or download e-mail.
I have put both DNS server IP's in, that were given to me by my ISP.
I even connected to another ISP, but had the same problem.
My modem works fine with Windows so I've ruled a modem problem out.
Can anyone give me a clue to what the problem could be?

Glendon.

by **bigha** » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 03:58:36

> Browsing Problem
> Using : Mandrake8.1, KDE, KPPP

> I am able to connect perfectly, with no problems,
> but I am unable to browse or download e-mail.
> I have put both DNS server IP's in, that were given to me by my ISP.
> I even connected to another ISP, but had the same problem.
> My modem works fine with Windows so I've ruled a modem problem out.
> Can anyone give me a clue to what the problem could be?

> Glendon.

Hi, Glendon:

Can you ping to somewhere on the 'net? Try pinging one of these addresses:

www.yahoo.com: 216.115.102.78
www.netscape.net: 207.200.89.225

If it works, it could be DNS. If it doesn't, it's something else.

-bighair

by **florian schmid** » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:16:36

> Browsing Problem
> Using : Mandrake8.1, KDE, KPPP

> I am able to connect perfectly, with no problems, but I am unable to
> browse or download e-mail. I have put both DNS server IP's in, that were
> given to me by my ISP. I even connected to another ISP, but had the same
> problem. My modem works fine with Windows so I've ruled a modem problem
> out. Can anyone give me a clue to what the problem could be?

just a check.. when connected, enter in a shell

ping google.com

and report the results..

--
florian schmidt

http://www.artedagencygermany.com/mista.tapas/index.html

by **David Goldstei** » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 04:45:56

> Browsing Problem
> Using : Mandrake8.1, KDE, KPPP

> I am able to connect perfectly, with no problems,
> but I am unable to browse or download e-mail.
> I have put both DNS server IP's in, that were given to me by my ISP.
> I even connected to another ISP, but had the same problem.
> My modem works fine with Windows so I've ruled a modem problem out.
> Can anyone give me a clue to what the problem could be?

> Glendon.

Glendon,
Where did you put the information that your ISP gave you? Usually, when
there is a problem resolving domain names it is because there are no
entries in resolv.conf, or the entries are incorrect. How are you you so
sure that you are actually getting a connection? If you run tail -f
/var/log/messages, the attempt the connection, you will see if the
connection is being made. Since the modem works fine with windows, the
other problem may be that it is a winmodem. Good luck trying to get that
to work, although there are some with drivers available for Linux.

David