can't config dns in pppoeconfig - please help
Forum: Networking
Topic: can't config dns in pppoeconfig - please help
started by: mrbaldwin
Posted by mrbaldwin on Mar. 30 2004,05:38
I just did an HD install of DSL on an old, dusty pentium 100mhz.I'm loving it.
The only thing is, setting up my aDSL connection seems to be failing.
The problem, as far as I can tell, is the the pppoeconfig utility doesn't allow me to set the dns server addresses, as I do for my RH boxes. I run the config util and everything seems fine (accept that it only asks if it should add the dns server address GIVEN BY THE ISP at connect to the /etc/resolv.conf file. Nowhere does it give me the option of giving these addresses to pppoe. I have always had to specifically tell my RH boxes what dns servers to use for my ISP (sbcglobal/snet.net). When I open Dillo, it can't find anything (dns error, can't resolve www.whatever.com)
Is there a config file I can edit to add the necessary dns server info? Or am I doing something else wrong?
Thanks.
Any and all assistance is deeply appreciate.
I am rebuilding these old boxes to give away to needy students and really want to have them in bang-up shape.
< http://free2learn.school-library.net > describes me efforts.
tony baldwin
Posted by mrbaldwin on Mar. 30 2004,06:08
Maybe this helps...When I try to run ponn at terminal, I get:
/usr/sbin/ppd : In file /etc/ppp/peer/provider: unrecognized option '/dev/modem/'
That seems significant.
The machine is connected to my Speedstream dsl modem, through which my RH box and iBook also connect directly to the aDSL.
Posted by roberts on Mar. 30 2004,07:03
The DNS server info is in /etc/resolv.conf For hard drive installed systems you can manually edit that file. The format is the following:nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
Hope that helps.
Posted by mrbaldwin on Mar. 31 2004,03:15
Thanks.I'll give that a try.
I'll get back to the forum and post any progress.
Posted by mrbaldwin on Mar. 31 2004,04:09
Seems I've managed to edit /etc/resolv.conf to reflect what I need, but I still can't connect. If I run pppoeconfig, the entire config seems to run fine, but when I run pon dsl-provider (as the config indicates), i get a message to the effect that /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider doesn't exist (which is the file that the pppoeconfig is supposed to have written/modified). If I try to just run pon, it indicates troubles with /etc/ppp/peers/provider.I'm getting frustrated.
I'd write the damned file myself, if I had a clue what to put in it, but I don't.
I suppose that if someone posted theirs, as an example, mine would have to be completely different anyway.
I'm not exactly an expert, either. I've been using Red Hat at home for two years...hardly qualifies me as a guru...
Posted by mrbaldwin on Mar. 31 2004,04:10
Oh, btw, if I try to open /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider in Zile, I get a message that said file "is not a regular file", whatever the heck that's supposed to mean.Nothing opens, though.
Posted by mrbaldwin on Mar. 31 2004,04:24
Doh!Once the dns servers were set, it should have been fine, but wan't.
Not until I realized that I had neglected to delete "username" from the prompt to enter such. When I opened /etc/ppp/ppers/dsl-provider and saw that my username was set to "usernameanthonybaldwin@snet.net" I realized the problem and reran pppoeconfig, deleting "username". It's working fine, now, and downloading Firebird.
So: PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thanks!
DSL rocks!
Posted by mrbaldwin on Mar. 31 2004,04:38
Just to prove it, here I am posting from the ancient Pentium 1 100mhz, with DSL hd install, using Mozilla/Firebird.See?
Posted by hasty on Mar. 31 2004,05:54
Suprising how fast these old machines are with DSL.Well done and good luck with your rebuilding efforts.