Cannot reach any website ....

[Tatjahna]

Hi...
Have a little problem here... I'm new to Linux and i've just set my modem (UsRobotics) to make it works under Linux.. Now it is well configured, and can connect over the internet.

The only sites i'm able to reach is those with numbers. Ex: http://25.22.35.14 :(

but not textbased one. ex: www.altavista.com (http://www.altavista.com)

Netscape tells me tant the server cannot be reached ?!?! ...

Any Ideas? :confused:

[posterboy]

Really need to know your distro, here. This is a DNS issue, though, for sure. MOST of the time this will be found in /etc/resolv.conf
It needs to look something like this:
search MYISP'S DOMAIN.net
nameserver XX.XX.XX.XX
nameserver XX.XX.XX.XX
Generally, the nameservers can be found on the ISP's help pages, if not a phone call to them is in order. Ray

[Gaccm]

Yeah you need to add your isp's dns servers to your /etc/resolv.conf
If you want to fight icann you might want to use an open DNS server, ones that support other top level domains. http://www.youcann.org (pretty mean of me giving you a url u cant access)
The servers i use ping the same as my isp servers so i notive no difference, my resolv.conf:
nameserver 207.126.103.16
nameserver 204.80.125.130

[Tatjahna]

A big thanx! That worked

Now.. how to add my irq configurations for my modem for not have to rewrite the same thing at each reboot?

/bin/setserial /dev/cua2 irq 5 <-- etc..

Thanx! :D

[X_console]

One way is to put that line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local