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Thread ID: 10705 2001-08-07 08:56:00 Netscape in Redhat Linux Guest (0) Press F1
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16649 2001-08-07 08:56:00 Hi, all

I just bought a new external modern today. I got it to connect to my ISP in Redhat with no problem. But here is the catch. Netscape seems not to recognize that there is a connection going on in the background (i am certain that i am connected, 'cause the phone is engaged). How do I get the program to recognize the connection? (i tried to connect with both wvdial and kppp, both connected)

I am using a D-Link External Modem, and Redhat 7.0.
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16650 2001-08-07 09:25:00 I havn't used linux with a modem myself because of my winmodem, heres some general stuff.

What error message does NS give you?
Have you told it your proxy & DNS servers?
And can you ping anything, ie 'ping www.yahoo.com' and 'ping 216.115.102.78' (yahoo's IP).
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16651 2001-08-07 10:04:00 Hmm. Pinging failed... It said something like unknown host or something. And yes, NS did say, something like 'unknown server'. I am using Inet as my ISP, and I have no need to specify DNS in Windows 98 SE. Guest (0)
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