On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 01:30:24PM +0300, Alexei Khlebnikov wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:34:14 -0000 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As a debian novice I get a little lost. Today's problem is that though > > I run wvdial OK, which runs the modem OK, when I then launch Opera it > > doesn't seem to know that the PC is online, and so can't access the > > web. There is something no doubt obvious I am failing to do. Can > > someone help me? > > Write your provider's nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf. > Or setup local dnrd (a .deb package available) to automatically hanlde > this. >
And make sure your routing table is setup appropriately (cf "netstat -r"). Do you have an ethernet port as well as modem on your computer? I have an ethernet/modem combo card. When I plug it in the ethernet port (eth0) gets switched on by default, and the gateway gets set for it. Then when I dialup via the modem, the connection is made, but because the gateway is already defined for eth0, it doesn't get set a second time for the modem ppp connection. This means my computer has no route into the modem connection, so it looks as though I can't access the net (which I can't). I work around this by explicitly switching eth0 off (ifconfig eth0 down) before dialing up. Drew -- PGP public key available at http://people.debian.org/~dparsons/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A
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