On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:16:19 +0000, Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Pigeon wrote: >> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 07:00:21 +0000, Chris Lale >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>Here's a solution you may not like! If all else fails, connect to >>>ukonline using Windows using their CD/helpline. Then copy the settings >>>from dialup networking. >> >> Tee hee... that's how I connect to them at the moment! >> >> It does seem to be the case that pppconfig has created the same >> settings for Linux as dialup networking has for Windoze. In both, >> dynamic DNS is set. >> >> I can set dynamic DNS in dialup networking and it works, but in >> pppconfig, it doesn't. And Windoze being what it is, that "Server >> Types" tab is all you get. There's no human-readable file behind it >> somewhere to pull extra settings out of. > >Perhaps you would be justified in submitting a bug report for pppconfig? Hmm... I think not until it is working, because I might find that there's something wrong other than pppconfig. In any case, the author of pppconfig has been following this thread, so he knows about it already. I don't want to scream "BUG!" until I'm sure it is one. >> >> Now, I can surf with waitrose (static), but not ukonline (dynamic); if >> I retrieve the IP address of a page while in waitrose, then kill >> waitrose and bring up ukonline, I can read the page, so most of it's >> working, just the dynamic DNS is dead. > >I am no expert but it seems to me that you are hanging onto waitrose's >DNS servers, so ukonline continues ok. I seem to remember being able to >use Demon's DNS servers because they were publicly available (ie you did >not have to login to Demon to use them). This was 2 or 3 years ago. I am >not sure if that is still the case, and I am afraid I can't remember the >adresses. Might be some mileage here though. > >Hth > >Chris No, once I kill the waitrose connection I can't use their DNS servers anymore. But if I ask mozilla to read a page for which it has already looked up the address while I was in waitrose, it can read that page via ukonline, as it has cached the address. If I then try and read a new page for which it _doesn't_ already have the address, mozilla just vanishes instantly. Kerpow! gone. Your Demon idea sounds interesting, though. I'll have a look on Google and see what I can find. Thanks, Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
