RE: I was trying to ping the DNS server by its reported IP address,
so it wouldn't matter what was in resolve.conf anyway.
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If an eth0 channel is open,
the System will try to use the DNS appropriate to eth0, and that will fail.
That is my other COMM channels should be closed before a dialout session,
even if the other channels are not effectively connected.
MarvS
On 3/23/07, John Pate <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
> John,
>
> Drivers MUST be compiled from the same kernel-header resources as the
> kernel was compiled from. But other software functions need not be
> exactly matched.
> For example, martian_modem remains functional over a broad range of kernels.
Then there's something hokey with the compile that on linking it
looks at the wrong things - I shouldn't have to symlink to make it work.
> Make sure that ALL other COMM channels except loopback (lo).
> Check that the DNS have been copied into /etc/resolv.conf
> You may need to add to /etc/ppp/options a line
> usepeerdns
I'll look into it again tomorrow (it's midnight now. I was trying
to ping the DNS server by its reported IP address, so it wouldn't matter
what was in resolve.conf anyway.
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