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In alt.os.linux.caldera Wayne Fallen <wfallen@cai-mail.tpgi.com.au> wrote:
> I have just installed Caldera OpenLinux BASE 1.2 and cannot successfully
> connect to my ISP.

> I believe I have properly placed the necessary information into the PPP-ON
> and Resolve.conf.  I have set my path to find the files including these in
> the /etc/ppp/ directory.

> What happens is I dial into the ISP, and connect ok using either Minicom or
> PPP-ON.  I fire up either Lynx or Netscape 4.04 but get an error message
> indicating 'Unable to connect ot remote host' (Lynx), and 'unable to locate
> server' 'this server does not have a DNS entry'  (Netscape).

These errors indicate a DNS problem.  Make sure you have your ISP's
nameserver addresses in /etc/resolv.conf.  Mine looks like:
--- begin ---
domain slkc.uswest.net
search slkc.uswest.net
nameserver 206.81.128.1
nameserver 204.147.80.5
--- end ---


> I have tried ping to my ISP and get 'unknown host' 

> Observation of my modem shows no outgoing or incoming data.  The system
> remains connected.

> I then tried PPP-OFF and got the message 'PPP link is not active on PPP0'

This indicates that perhaps you're NOT connected.  In any event, verify
with you ISP if they use CHAP or PAP authentication (or none, many do).


> I have exhausted my very limited knowledge, I cannot find the relevant
> information I seek in the How-to's of FAQ's.  I have a couple of Linux
> books, and followed the instructions implicitly.  No go.

Kurt
-- 
kwall@uswest.net
http://www.users.uswest.net

In aus.computers.linux on 10 Aug 1998 13:06:04 +1000
Wayne Fallen <wfallen@cai-mail.tpgi.com.au> wrote:
>
>What happens is I dial into the ISP, and connect ok using either Minicom or
>PPP-ON.  I fire up either Lynx or Netscape 4.04 but get an error message
>indicating 'Unable to connect ot remote host' (Lynx), and 'unable to locate
>server' 'this server does not have a DNS entry'  (Netscape).

OK.. first off, minicom knows nothing about ppp...  

the PPP-Howto has a section on "connecting manually".

Follow that, which is basically dialling up with minicom, then
quitting via alt-Q (quit without reset) then running the pppd daemon.

You will need to be root to do this, or else have set pppd to be setuid
root (chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/pppd  - or wherever your pppd is)

so give the steps in the PPP howto a go.

TO determine if your ppp connection is up, you can use ifconfig
	ifconfig -a
as root or
	/sbin/ifconfig -a
as a normal user.
You should see a l0 device which is loopback, and a ppp0 device
which is your ppp.

You can also look in /var/log/messages which shoul dhave something
telling you that you have a PPP connection, and what your IP
address is.

Once you can see a ppp0 device in ifconfig, you test your
link.

first, try to ping an IP address.  your ISP's web server is
203.12.160.70 so try pinging that.
	ping 203.12.160.70

If you get a ping back, then try it by name
	ping www.tpgi.com.au

If that doesn't work, then you need to redo your resolv.conf

So, give all that a go, and then come back when you have a working
manual connection, and we'll do the next bit :)

Zebee
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I am falling into the same camp here but with slightly different, but still
unsatisfactory results.  Until I put a domain name and nameserver IP
addresses in resolv.conf I was getting the DNS error also.  Once I entered
the domain name and nameserver addresses into the resolv.conf I no longer
get the DNS error, the status bar in Netscape states that it is trying to
connect to www.foo.com, and then it just hangs there.  I can't "stop" from
from the tool bar and can only terminate the browser by "kill"ing the pppd
process.  While pppd is running I get a result from ifconfig -a showing an
address both locally and at ppp0, but cannot ping anything.  BTW I am
getting similar behavior using a ppp-on script when trying to access a
worldnet.att.net account which uses chap and the ppp-on script as specified
at www.wurd.com/wurd/software/dialers/linux.html or by using xisp to get to
an account I have with pacbell.net.

Thanks for any advise,
Eric