kppp and cycling

[James Richard Tyrer]

tyche wrote:
> On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:09 pm, tyche wrote:
> 
>>On Friday 26 December 2003 15:06, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>
>>>tyche wrote:
>>>
>>>>i have 2 computers, one i have just rebuilt.
>>>>
>>>>not liking what rh has done in 8, i compile kde from source.
>>>>
>>>>i did things in the following order:
>>>>
>>>>qt, arts, libs, base, network, then the rest in no particular order.
>>>>
>>>>to get rid of redhat's x scripts, i installed xfree 4.3.0 from
>>>>www.xfree.org.
>>>>
>>>>until i installed the rest of kde, my dialup worked fine. now that i
>>>>have compilled the rest of kde, my dialup connects, but i cant go
>>>>anywhere or download mail.
>>>>
>>>>was wondering what was happening here?
>>>>
>>>>any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>You probably don't have the DNS configured correctly.
>>>
>>>If your ISP supports automatic (I think -- that is what I have and it
>>>works) you can check: "Automatic" in the: "DNS" tab in the KPPP set up
>>>widget.  Otherwise, you need to check: "Manual" and enter two NUMERICAL
>>>DNS addresses for you ISP.
>>>
>>>If you are using automatic, your: "/etc/resolv.conf" file should probably
>>>be empty -- KPPP will add stuff to the file when it is running.
>>
>>i'll give it a try. when i looked, the nameserver was set to the other comp
>>on the home network (192.168.0.1) not to my comp like it should be under my
>>usual install of redhat.
>>
>>i'll leave it blank next time i get the phone line.
>>
>>thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
>>
>>tyche
>>
> 
> leaving it blank, ppp writes 2 addresses of nameservers, 209.151.129.1 and 
> 209.151.1.142. ping either with the addresses results in getting pings back.
> pinging the mail server, mail.ica.net, results in 100% packet loss, tho 
> pinging mail.ica.net by its ip, results in return pings.
> 
> appearently, there is something that is blocking the ppp0 interface for name 
> resolution.

Does your ISP also have protocol specific mail URLs.

E.G, Earthlink has: "pop.earthlink.net" for incoming and "smpt.earthlink.net" for outgoing.

If so, try those.

Or, try starting KPPP form a Konsole and see if you get any errors.

--
JRT

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