kppp and cycling

[tyche]

On Saturday 27 December 2003 09:45 pm, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 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
>
nope. just mail.ica.net for both. this is not just a mail problem. anytime i 
type a name, it just cycles, and finally times out with host not found. if i 
use addresses, it works just fine. ie: 209.151.129.1 is ica's primary dns 
server, ping dns.ica.net, just cycles, ping 209 etc, get pings back.

this appearently is a problem at my end on reverse dns resolution. this only 
started after compiling the rest of kde.

tyche

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