On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:43:27PM -0400, Sandy Shapiro wrote: > I installed Debian (Slink) on another computer, and I think I may have > missed something in setting up the ppp connection. > > I can dial out, connect to, and log on to my ISP. But when I try to ping a > site, I get the error message: unknown host. When I use Mozilla, it says: > Unable to locate the server. > > Ifconfig says that ppp is running. > Wvdial says ppp negotiation detected; starting pppd. > > Everything seem to be working except I can't communicate with the ISP. > > Is there something I can edit to fix this? > > Is more information needed?
Did you put a DNS nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf? Like so: nameserver 208.130.43.5 nameserver 208.130.42.5 -- Thank you, Joe Bouchard Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
