[Scottish] SuSe Internet Access

[Robert Barbour]

When (if?) I get online with the modem, the first job is to update Suse, but it is a case of the chicken and the egg at the moment. Does anyone know if SuSe 9.2 professional definitely works OK with a US Robotics modem on dial-up? I'm beginning to think maybe I should get SuSe 9.3 and give that a go!
Regards
Rob


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Message date : Apr 28 2005, 08:38 AM
>From : "John Barton" 
To : "'rlbarbour at castleventures.fsnet.co.uk'" , "'SLUG-list'" 
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Subject : RE: Re: [Scottish] SuSe Internet Access
Have had a similar problem receiving message "network is unreachable" and
could not ping any other machine on the local network or the internet. I am
connected via a router on corporate network, not a modem however, and was
able to get to YAST Online Update (YOU) from the desktop link. Downloaded
and installed all 57 recommended updates - did a reboot- and system ran
perfectly.

Unfortunately could not identify actual cure. This was on Tuesday of this
week.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Barbour [mailto:rlbarbour at castleventures.fsnet.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:11 AM
To: scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: Re: [Scottish] SuSe Internet Access


Mostly when using a dial-up ISP people get their ip address, default
gateway, and nameservers dynamically.
My guess is that because you have set these as static. 
YAST/Network Devices/Modems/Providers/Edit/Next - select:
Modify DNS when connected
I did this and it made no difference. I noted the settings in this box are
now-
dial on demand - not selected
modify DNS when conn - selected
Automatically retrieve DNS - selected
Stupid mode - not selected
Ext Firewall Interface - not selected
Automatically retrieve DNS (or insert P: 194.134.5.5 S: 194.134.5.55 for
Wannadoo) -
I tried both automatic and these names, but no difference.
/IP Details - selt to Dynamic IP address as suggested.

I made these changes, restarted machine and dialling still seemed to work
but internet browser gave the same unknown host message.
I also tried Willie's suggestion 'ping 66.102.9.99' for google after
dialling in, and got a msg saying "connect : network is unreachable".
I have dumped windows altogether, so there's no going back!
Further suggestion anyone?
Rob

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