dialup modem

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 23 November 2008 01:40, John Heinen wrote:
> Brian McKee wrote:
> > Doug
> >
> > As we said on Oct 21st, and Nov 3rd....
> >
> > WHAT DOESN'T WORK?
> >
> > What you've given us (three times) looks fine.
> >
> > What happens when you try and open a browser?
> > What happens when you try and ping google.com?
> > What happens when you try and check your email?
> >
> > There are some real smart people on this list, but no psychics I've heard
> > of.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > Hi Brian I you sure about those dates and contents? My latest question
> > was when trying to connect Ubuntu reports "Missing file"
>
> Your 1st question: what happen when you try to open a browser, I don't
> really know what that means "open a browser"

Open Firefox. Firefox is a webbrowser. Now type, http://www.google.com   in 
the address bar on Firefox. This should bring up the Google website if DNS is 
working ok. If Firefox complains, try entering http://72.14.207.99 in the 
address bar, which will bypass DNS, and directly access the address.
>
> Second : "ping Google .com" I don't know what ping means either.

The ping command is used to find out if a website or an IP address exists.

Open Gnomes terminal, and type the following as below.
ping 72.14.207.99

You should see some output on Gnomes terminal if you have an Internet 
connection.

Hit the Ctrl + the C key to stop the ping

Now lets try the same thing using Googles web address.

Type as below.
ping www.google.com

Do you get any output on the Gnome terminal? 

If not you have a problem with DNS

Do you have anything in /etc/resolv.conf?
>
> Third: Conqueror responded: an error occurred while loading http:/www.
> clear station .com

I had no problem with http://www.clearstation.com, but if you have a DNS 
problem, that's no surprise
>
> Last:    kppp connect, response "modem busy"
>
> Recapitulation: A missing file,
> Modem reported busy, even though  it is not, phone line is still open,
> Last "error reported while loading http.".

Just some observations, and please post back with the results from the 
suggestions above.

Nigel.