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Kienja Kenobi

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Registered: 2007-08-17

Posts: 62

PPP-assigned DNS Configuration

I am using wvdial and it successfully connects to the Internet but then it gives this error: "Timeout waiting for the PPP-assigned DNS configuration."  I searched the web for this and found a Russian website and a Spanish website.  I can read neither. 

How do I set up PPP to give the DNS configuration to wvdial?  I know what DNS addresses I want to use, but not how to implement them.  I put them in /etc/resolv.conf as "nameserver IP".  What do I put in for the "search <domainname>" line?

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: PPP-assigned DNS Configuration

You don't need the "search" line - what you've got should be fine, as long as your DNS servers don't change.

Kienja Kenobi

Member

Registered: 2007-08-17

Posts: 62

Re: PPP-assigned DNS Configuration

But it does not work!  I have resolv.conf set up like I said, with no search line, but I get that "Timeout..." error.  wvdial does successfully connect to the Internet, but none of my programs realize this.  I can not ping anything.  I know I am connected to the Internet because the modem makes its usual sounds as it connects and when I pick up a telephone I get the usual screeching noise, but nothing responds to the connection!  I simply assume that this timeout error is the cause because I see no other errors.