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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Problems with kppp in Fedora 2
From:       DEVOS Bruno <bruno.devos () renault ! com ! pl>
Date:       2004-07-29 8:06:50
Message-ID: 4108B01A.2CBCF3CA () renault ! com ! pl
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> 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
Bruce Stanley wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

  Hi,

  I had a similar problem.

type:
# ifconfig

if you do not have two line with ppp0, the problem is that you need to
type
# route add default ppp0
after each connection (it is possible in kppp to program the script to
be executed after the connection).

  Does it works ?

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