Re: peculiar problem: ping works, but cannot browse. Need help of network gurus.

From: /dev/rob0 (rob0_at_gmx.co.uk)
Date: 07/26/03 

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:49:38 -0700

In article <3F218CDF.713E7AEF@yahoo.com>, HS wrote:
> I tied making it "yes", but in this case I couldn't even ping, and ppp0 was never
> established successfully :(

Without ppp0 of course you won't get anywhere. pppd has a "debug" option
which might help you figure out why the connection is failing. Where the
debug output goes varies by distro, depending on settings in
/etc/syslog.conf.

> So, it seems like PEERDNS=yes just causes more problems. With "no" optoin, I can
> browse the web by using IP address, but not domain names.

You can manually edit your /etc/resolv.conf, too, if you know you have
good nameservers to put in it. But it's pointless if the PPP fails.

> Thanks for your hints though. You probably have no idea how I am feeling having to
> depend on Windows to solve this problem :-)

Ah, not true. Not at all. I went through it in 1999; later for almost a
year I was stuck behind a Windows proxy. I know what pain is. :) 

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