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

Michael Adams linux_mike at paradise.net.nz
Thu Dec 20 21:53:17 NZDT 2007


On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:12:37 +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 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.
> 

Now if you had a server on dialup (nostalgia?), you'd be buggered. kppp
doesn't work without a GUI.

-- 
Michael

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall
be well

 - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416



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