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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Problems with kppp in Fedora 2
From:       Bruce Stanley <bruce.stanley () prodigy ! net>
Date:       2004-07-27 0:18:22
Message-ID: 41059F4E.4020602 () prodigy ! net
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Hummm.   I think it put the 'search yahoo.com, loacaldomain'  statement 
in there way back
when I was using  Mandrake 7.2 as suggested by someone in the Mail list 
a long time ago......
I have just been copying it from Mardrake -->  Suse 8.2 --> Redhat 9 
--->  finally  Fedora 2.
Force of hobbit.... if it works, don't fix it!  But in this case it 
wasn't working.

In the kpp settings:
   my 'DNS' tab settings were set to  'Domain name  is  localdomain'  
and DNS IP address to 'Automatic',
   and my 'IP' tab setting is set to 'Dynamic IP address'.

I removed the 'search ...' statement' and did some more experimenting 
and this is what I found:

      1).  If I use the 'Redhat > System Tools > Network Device 
Control'  approach (which works)
             it puts the following statements in the   resolv.conf file :
                       nameserver 209.244.0.3
                       nameserver  209.244.0.4

             If I hard code these settings in the resolv.conf , 
everything works with kppp also.


        2).  My ISP however provides DNS settings of  198.83.19.241   
and  198.83.19.244.
               If I enter these into the  kppp  'DNS  IP address' box,  
kppp resolves address very fast
               (with the nameserver statements of 209.244.03  & 04 in 
the resolv.conf file).
               If I then remove the 209.244  statements out of 
resolv.conf,  things are still resolved
               correctly, but it takes a lot more time to do so.

So,  I guess my question now is,  why do I need both sets of DNS address
(198.83.19...  and  209.244.0....)  to get fast resolution of  URLs?



James Richard Tyrer wrote:

>
> Why do you have it set to 'search yahoo.com'?  ARGH!
>
> I suggest that you remove the first line since:
>
>     search localdomain
>
> is the default and you don't need to enter it.
>
> I presume that your have a network nameserver on address 192.0.0.2.
>
> Your problem is that for some reason KPPP isn't automatically loading 
> your ISP's nameserver addresses.  Do you have the ISP's: "Domain name" 
> set correctly in the "DNS" tab in: "Accounts" section of the KPPP 
> configure dialog? (click the: "Edit" button).  And, on the same tab, 
> do you have: "Automatic" checked in the radio?
>
> -- 
> JRT
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