Connecting to the Internet

[Steve]

Bill Cairns wrote:
> 
> My problem is that, although I can now configure the modem through pppconfig and can connect by means of pon, Firefox does not recognise that I am connected. I can see that I am connected by looking at the modem (and I heard it connect!) but Firefox just tells me that the url is not available ("www.ubuntu.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again" - the same message I get when I am not connected. If I connect the other way, I have no problem).
> 
> Is this something to do with this not being a default route? Should I add "defaultroute" to the script file?
> 
> Bill

It could also be that you do not have the right DNS entries. If you 
happen to know the actual IP address of any website, you can type that 
in Firefox, and if it *does* connect, then you just have a problem with 
DNS lookup.

HTH.

-Steve.
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