Globe Trotter wrote:
I have a strange problem on a PPP connection. I am using slmodem (logging in
from India) on travel. I get through fine, using slmodem on my PCTEL modem, and
get the following, but get a can not find canonical DNS. Hence I can not
connect to the web using linux. Any suggestions?
By the way, here are some details:
$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:708 (708.0 b) TX bytes:708 (708.0 b)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:61.2.0.216 P-t-P:61.0.128.83 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:302 (302.0 b) TX bytes:5710 (5.5 KiB)
Also, this is the transaction when I used wvdial:
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT172222
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT172222
CONNECT 44000
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
Welcome to UTStarcom Total Control HiPer ARC (TM)
Networks That Go The Distance (TM)
login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: username
Password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }?}!}$}%j}"}&[7f][7f][7f][7f]}%}&])S}6}'}"}(}"}1}$}%j}3}#} ]H~
--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Starting pppd at Sat Dec 10 18:00:49 2005
--> pid of pppd: 2704
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local IP address 61.2.0.216
--> remote IP address 61.0.128.83
--> primary DNS address 61.0.128.65
--> secondary DNS address 61.0.0.5
And I get the following when I use fetchmail:
.......
fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of mailserver
When I use firefox or dillo, I also get the same thing. When I try to ssh out
to my work machine, I get temporary failure in name resolution.
Any suggestions/help? Btw, I am running Fedora Core 4 and the latest version of
slmodem.
Many thanks and best wishes!
Globe.
Your DNS is not resolving.
Confirm the DNS addresses your connection is receiving are correct.
Regards,
Ed.
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