Two hardware-related problems with Knoppix 5.0.1

[DaXiuyi]

Umm, Ok Jacky, here's what I can find.

Protocol: PPPoA LLC
VPI/VCI: 8/35
DNS 1: 220.233.0.4
DNS 2: 220.233.0.3

Hope that helps. Let me know if there's any more info you need.

[Jacky]

Thanks DaXiuYi, that's just what I needed.

Unfortunately, friends, my experiments with these DNS IPs contradict my theory.

220.233.0.4 and 220.233.0.3 all behave correctly as DNS. As far as I can see, there's nothing wrong with them. They take a Type AAAA query, don't process it, the application then falls back quickly to a Type A query which the DNS then correctly responds by supplying the IP. No error, no time out, no problems.

I have tried various scenarios -- set the above DNS into my router, and/or in resolv.conf, set 192.168.1.1 into resolv.conf and use the router to proxy a DNS call to these 2 DNS etc. Everytime Firefox and Konqueror have worked. I just could not get anything to go wrong!

By searching for "only Konqueror works" on Google, I find there are people on Mepis, Ubuntu and Suse etc who have experienced this problem. They have all come up with various fixes, but nobody seems to know what the root of the problem is.

Well, DaXiuYi has fixed the problem, but we still don't know why there was the problem in the first place.........The only clue left is that Konqueror handles a DNS query differently from Firefox. I think the problem is still about DNS, and may be the way some routers proxy DNS calls. But we will have to wait until the next forum-user reports and similar problem........

DaXiuYi, are you still experiencing problems and still have to edit resolv.conf everytime you reboot? If so, did you try out Harry's suggestion? Change the DNS setting in your router to 208.67.222.222 (if your router let's you, you will probably put the setting in something like "Static DNS setting"). Save the settings, reboot and see if Firefox works.

[DaXiuyi]

DaXiuYi, are you still experiencing problems and still have to edit resolv.conf everytime you reboot?

Yes.
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If so, did you try out Harry's suggestion? Change the DNS setting in your router to 208.67.222.222 (if your router let's you, you will probably put the setting in something like "Static DNS setting"). Save the settings, reboot and see if Firefox works.

Umm, I'm not sure if I can. When I try, the status light stays red, implying that it doesn't work :S I figure it's safer just to leave things as they are...

Will keep trying and let you know.