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

[Mark Foster]

> 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.

If you can't find anything in resolv.conf you could always use brute force 
and run a packet capture whilst trying to resolve something, see what 
happens.

You could also try from the command line, some tools like 'nslookup' or 
'dig'... if you fail to specify a DNS server it'll presumably try the 
'defaults'... first act would be to find out what the defaults are...

DNS servers are usually specified through PPP on a dialup but you can 
manually override if you have to.  (not so handy if the ISP changes their 
architecture, though!)


-Mark.