Internet connection

[FyberOptyx]

Could someone please help me out here.
I am having trouble accessing the internet.
I seem to be able to connect to my ISP but when I run dselect or Lynx I get cannot resov blah blah blah.
I have followed the How to on ISP Hookup to the letter (obviously exchanging for my details).
I had this working no problem with Rad Hat 7 and I did have it working once with current Debian. On all occasions I just followed the How To. For some reason I cannot get it to work now.
I have my ISP DNS in the resolv file OK
One thing I have noticed is there is a resolv file and also a resolv directory (which is empty).
This is really bugging me. Any help appreciated.
Could someone in the know check this How to and maybe see if there are any changes that are needed for Debian, although I cannot see it as I have had it working before.
:confused:

One additional thing if it helps:
When I did have it working I did the minimal base install and then installed the rest online. But now I have downloaded the ISO image (only first one) it doesn't work.

[ 10 February 2001: Message edited by: FyberOptyx ]

[FoBoT]

verify it is a dns or connectivity problem by pinging both google.com and 64.208.34.108

if the ip pings ok, but the domain name says unable to resolve, that will confirm it is dns problem

if you can't ping the ip address, then it is really a connectivity problem, ie your aren't really connected to your isp yet

let us know what you find and we will nail it down! :)

[X_console]

/etc/resolv.conf should contain the namservers for your ISP. Get the primary and secondary DNS server and list them in the resolv.conf file:

namerserver 123.123.123.123
namerserver 234.234.234.234

Change the numbers to the address your ISP gave you.

[rod]

Originally posted by FyberOptyx:
I have my ISP DNS in the resolv file OK
One thing I have noticed is there is a resolv file and also a resolv directory (which is empty).

I have a question about your question. You say you have a file and a directory named resolv. Are these both in etc?

In etc you should have a /etc/resolv.conf file. If you also have a directory named /etc/resolv.conf, try renaming the directory, lets rename it to something like /etc/resolv.conf.notneeded.

I have never seen a directory named /etc/resolv.conf.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Rod

[FyberOptyx]

I figured out the problem.
I had to enter: 'protocol - ppp' in the chatscript file :D

As for the resolv question I have a resolv file in /etc and a resolv directory in /etc/ppp ? Maybe I created it myself - maybe not.
Is there a way to find what connection speed I have, only I am only getting 600 or so bps in apt-get update :(