johnpett
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Netscape Browser connection
Am able to connect to ISP using kppp but when enabling browser & try to connect to a Netscape I get Network error: " unable to locate the server www.netscape.com" and also that " following hosts are unknown home.netscape.com, home6.netscape.com, internic.net" it then talks about $SOCKS_NS etc"????
John,
I should clarify step 2. You will insert a new line to be the first of the nameserver lines (i.e. leave any other nameserver lines intact). The file will look something like this:
search foo.bar.com
nameserver 192.36.148.17
nameserver your.usual.name.server
Rob
I should clarify step 2. You will insert a new line to be the first of the nameserver lines (i.e. leave any other nameserver lines intact). The file will look something like this:
search foo.bar.com
nameserver 192.36.148.17
nameserver your.usual.name.server
Rob
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Thanks for your reply.
I managed to fix the problem later on last night as I was able to ascertain from my ISP the DNS entries that needed to be entered into Kppp (by the way I'm using Linux-Mandrake 6.5 Macmillian software). Normally under Win'98 I have dynamically assigned entries which didn't work. Now it does. So many thanks for your response which included reference to the above, unfortunately I'm a Win'98 user not a programmer so the rest of your response regarding making line entries etc is double dutch :) but my evaluation of various versions of Linux has been hampered with not having contact with anyone to guide one through various areas of difficulty as the documentation is almost useless!!. This version is my 4th package and the first that I've managed to get this far. However its all good fun but whether I'll become a convert we'll have to see:)!!
I managed to fix the problem later on last night as I was able to ascertain from my ISP the DNS entries that needed to be entered into Kppp (by the way I'm using Linux-Mandrake 6.5 Macmillian software). Normally under Win'98 I have dynamically assigned entries which didn't work. Now it does. So many thanks for your response which included reference to the above, unfortunately I'm a Win'98 user not a programmer so the rest of your response regarding making line entries etc is double dutch :) but my evaluation of various versions of Linux has been hampered with not having contact with anyone to guide one through various areas of difficulty as the documentation is almost useless!!. This version is my 4th package and the first that I've managed to get this far. However its all good fun but whether I'll become a convert we'll have to see:)!!
1. open /etc/resolv.conf in an editor.
2. just before the FIRST line that starts with "nameserver" enter "nameserver 192.36.148.17"
3. save file
4. goto browser and try again
Even if this works, you need to go back eventually and move the line you added to the bottom of the list. It is a root server and generally should only be used as a last resort.
Hope it helps,
Rob