> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:20:06 -0900 (AKST)
> From: Britton <fsblk@aurora.alaska.edu>
> To: Alberto Perazzolo Furquim <rsf2237@pro.via-rs.com.br>
> Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Netscape Installation
>
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> > I download Nets Gold, as well PPP last version, and I installed it.
> > But, as I'm a beginner, don't match.
> > I configured Nets and PPP, but I don't have success.
> > How is the connection betwen the two?
> > How to configure PPP correctly to work with Nets?
>
> Perhaps you have some strange situation going, but if ppp is working
> correctly, netscape should work pretty much automatically. Have you
> checked you ppp connection with ping and telnet? (btw I have a wierd
> thing going where netscape works and I can telnet anywhere but can ping
> only my immediate PPP server only by number. Any ideas?). You can also do
> ifconfig as root and see if you see a ppp device ppp0 the shouls by UP
> RUNNING or something like that. If this stuff doesn't work, then ppp is
> not yet working right for you. A few more details about what is going on
> and I will be able to help you more.
This sounds like someone used to Win95, that hasnt even figured out how to
configure X, let alone a PPP connection..
I get a lot of people that think "Netscape" is doing the dialing and
connecting to their ISP..
My pointer would be to http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs