On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 07:25:49AM -0800, John Shepherd wrote: > All, > > . I previously listed my machine's local network > IP address (192.168.1.1) as the "gateway address" > when setting up the network. I left gateway > address blank this time.
That was probably it, not that I read your previous post, but pppd doesnt like assigning a new gateway address if you already have one. > . Without understanding what I was doing, I made > up a domain name and included that in my previous > network setting. I left domain name blank this > time. You should be ok to set that to anything really. Maybe it made on up for you. what happens if you type "hostname" in a console ? > . I may or may not have set up DNS server during > the initial "Configure Debian" (simple method) > process. I did not setup DNS network this time. You'll get those assigned by your isp when you connect. So good choice again there. > While I'm not sure which of these was the > problem, I'm very happy that it is all working > correctly now. Indeed, now you can get on with having fun with debian. Go on "apt-get install cowsay" :-) Al.
