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From: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu>
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> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 20:17:09 +0530
> From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
> Subject: Re: Netscape configuration
> 
> Daniel Killingsworth said on May 23, 2000 at 10:42:38:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have finally gotten a stable connection to my ISP via modem, and am having 
> > difficulties accessing the web with Netscape. I keep getting server not 
> > found errors, and I am fairly certain that this is because the DNS server is 
> > not listed in my IP address list....they use DHCP on the PPP connection, but 
> > I still cannot use my browser. I can ftp using an IP address, so I know the 
> > connection is good, but can anyone help me configure my browser to function 
> > properly?
> 
> Edit /etc/resolv.conf, and insert the IP address of your ISP's DNS server.
> 
> Rahul.
> 
> 
Or edit your /etc/ppp.conf file and add "enable dns", which should 
then cause ppp to attempt to get the nameserver addresses from the ISP 
when the connection is negotiated, and it will adjust /etc/resolv.conf 
accordingly.

Or do both!

-- Bob


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