[nzlug] no dns with wvdial + paradise.net.nz in edubuntu 6.06

[David Hawke]

Simon Bridge wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 16:12 +1300, Robin Sheat wrote:
>   
>> On Thursday 20 December 2007 15:55:56 Simon Bridge wrote:
>>     
>>> Cannot raise anything by url.
>>>       
>> What ends up in /etc/resolv.conf?
>>
>>     
> I'll add that to my list.
> Note, on my home system (gutsy and not dialup) /etc/resolve.conf does
> not exist.
>
>   

and /etc/resolv.conf  ... no e :-)

Has to exist to get DNS working from external name servers (otherwise 
you are typically reliant on /etc/hosts )
>> I haven't used dialup on Linux for _years_ (and I think the newer ones use 
>> network manager to do it), but I always had good success with kppp. Worked 
>> well and stayed out of the way.
>>
>> __
>>     
> Oh yes - most online discussions end up with a suggestion to use a
> different method.
>
> edubuntu uses gnome, kppp would have to be added offline... though I
> suppose I could dig the repos and rewrite the sources.list accordingly.
>
> there is also gnome-ppp and gtdial suggested but dammit: I *have* a
> connection! There is no reason to believe that DNS will work with these
> others either.
>   
/etc/resolv.conf is usually updated by the  ISP when the IP address is 
assigned. It it isn't being set up, you need to check your ppp options  
- something like usepeerdns from memory


David Hawke

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