[clug] 3G Wireless (Dell WWAN 5520) on Notebook

[Karun Dambiec]

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Andrew wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use to be with vodafone, I found that many times the DNS servers
>  they handed did not work (both in linux and in windows) -
>
> You can try using one of these servers instead:
> http://www.dnsserverlist.org/
>
> (try changing these in /etc/resolv.conf after the PPP connection
> has been established) - I believe you might be able to hard code
> these settings in the PPP config if needed (although I haven't
> checked).
>
>
> Cheers, Andrew.
>
> Owen wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 12:51:24PM +1100, Owen wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I have now got it connecting to vodafone successfully,
>>>>> however I
>>>>>
>>>> have
>>>>
>>>>> this problem
>>>>>
>>>> What are you using as a dns server?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Owen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The dns server that is being used is which ever one vodafone
>>> sets it to.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Just as an experiment, pick one of the free to use dns servers
>> and try that?
>>
>>
>> Owen
>>
>>
>
The problem ended up being that as I was already connected through
ethernet, the default route was not being changed to the vodafone
network. I ended up unplugging the ethernet cable, and connecting to
vodafone again.

After that it started working.

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