You have a problem with DNS name resolution. Most probably there are no
nameserver records in the /etc/resolv.conf file on your computer. When
you use option 'usepeerdns' in /etc/ppp/options PPP daemon will accept
list of DNS servers from your provider and put appropriate 'nameserver'
records in file /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. Therefore, you need to copy that
file to /etc/resolv.conf when connection is established (you also may
use a symbolic link instead of copying the file). If your ISP does not
transmit DNS server addresses when your computer connects to ISP, you
can ask your ISP about those addresses and manually put them into
/etc/reslov.conf. Alternatively, you could run your own DNS server
(caching only) on your computer.
Alexey Fadyushin
Brainbench MVP for Linux.
http://www.brainbench.com
Vasco DionМsio wrote:
Hello,
I installed a ADSL Modem that uses unicorn chipset (IceData500),
compiled the drivers, and configured pppoe to connect to my ISP
Provider. I am using Red Hat 7.3. Everything went fine and I am able
to connect to my ISP (when I do a ifconfig I can see the connection
and I am able to ping the DNS servers of the ISP). My problem is that
if I do a ping with a name I get an error message saying "host
unknow". For instance, if I do ping www.google.com I get the error
message but if I do ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx for the DNS address of the
ISP everything goes fine. Could anyone give some hints please. I am
new to linux...
Thanks in advance,
Vasco
Here's my /etc/ppp/options
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ipparam ppp0
noipdefault
noauth
defaultroute
user "user@xxxxxxxxxx"
noaccomp
noccp
nobsdcomp
nodeflate
nopcomp
novj
lcp-echo-interval 20
lcp-echo-failure 3
maxfail 25
updetach
usepeerdns
holdoff 4
persist
Here's how I connect
#modprobe unicorn_usb_eth PROTOCOL=pppoe ActivationMode=1 VPI=0 VCI=35
ENCAPS=llc-encaps
#ifconfig dsl0 up
#pppd pty 'pppoe -I dsl0 -m 1452'
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