> And so on. Don't know what this means. My ISP is ix.netcom.com and I'm a
> single
> user. Also a non-programmer. Any help gratefully appreciated.
Ouch, it annoys me when people refer to configuring their systems as
'programming'. It doesn't matter if you understand Pascal or C or assembly,
neither are going to help you configure Linux.
Anyways,
You need to look at your resolv.conf. Make sure your ISP's DNS server(s) are
listed there.
What seems to be happening (provided you are indeed connecting and
establishing PPP), is that your PC is not resolving names to numbers. This
is the job of a DNS server. If you aren't running on on your PC, then you
must use your ISP's. In the /etc/resolv.conf is where you do this.
Mine looks like:
search dekkers.com
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 127.0.0.1
in the search line, use your domain name,
in the nameserver lines, use your ISP's DNS servers.
Mine's listed three times to allow diald to make connection before DNS
timeouts. You probably won't have to list it three times. Also, note I'm
using the local loopback address of 127.0.0.1. This is because I've set up
my own DNS server on my Linux box. Therefore when trying to resolve names,
I'm telling Linux to look for a local DNS server (to look at itself
basically).
Is this helpful?
Edward Dekkers (Director)
Triple D Computer Services Pty. Ltd.
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