[NBLUG/talk] Can't get online w/new RH8 Install

[Dave Smith]

greenfly at greenfly.net wrote

>
>Have you gotten any further with this?  This is definitely a DNS problem of some
>sort, the question is just where the problem is.
>
>1) At the meeting we talked about possibly trying to connect, and /then/ 
>   after it overwrites the DNS entries you use, for you to type in your own DNS 
>   entries.  Did this work?
>
>2) Also, did you compare the DNS servers that you were getting when you 
>   connected in windows (something you can check by clicking Start->Run and 
>   typing in "winipcfg" and then selecting your modem).  What did that turn up?
>
>3) Alternatively, once you are connected and can at least ping out to some IP
>   addresses, here are some things you can try to test your DNS server. (This
>   assumes you have host installed, which you should AFAIK)  Try the following:
>
>   host sonic.net <your dns IP>
>
>   Do that for each DNS ip you wish to test, and see if any of them return a
>   result.  Any that return results should be working, valid DNS servers for 
>   you to use.
>
>This is definitely a solvable DNS problem, it's just a matter of tracking down
>where exactly the DNS error is occurring.
>
>
>Kyle
>
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Kyle:  
I had actually posted a follow up yesterday, but it never showed up. 
 I'm forced to live in <shudder> windows </shudder>, and it feels like I 
'm camped out on somebody's dirty, uncomfortable couch, living out of a 
backpack because I can't stay in my own house.  I can't find any thing, 
and I have no idea why that post never showed up.  I can't even tell 
time over here!  The windows clock is totally whacked (it says its 9:51 
pm, but it's really only 1:50 pm, thursday) .

As you can read below, I tried your 1st and 2nd suggestions; I will try 
the 3rd one tonight.  I'll let you all know what RH says.  I sent them 
some more info this morning, hopefully I will hear some more from them 
this evening.  Stay tuned!

-- dave.

Here's that post:

~~~ repost of lost message from some time wednesday  ~~~
Hey:

First off, thanks for the help last night at the meeting.  It's
nice to get personlized service like that!.  Not much to report,
except to follow up on a couple of the suggestions.

I tried forcing the ISP's into resolv.conf while dialed in; no
luck.  I also got the numbers used by the modem connection on the
windows side and checked them against the ones used on the linux
side.  They are a match.  argh.

Do I need to consider doing a a re-intall? I did the 'custom'
upgrade, picking and choosing what packages to load, because I'm
so smart.   Have I made a fatal blunder?

I'm getting dizzy from having to reboot from windows to linux to
windows to linux, etc.  I have a report in with RedHat and I'll
see what they have to say. I would arleady know by now, except I
responded to an email the other day instead of logging my response
on their 'convienient' web support page and I had to resend it today.

I'll let you know if they come up with anything useful.

--dave.
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