just got DSL, can't surf or get mail

[Brian John]

> On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 08:06:16PM -0500, Brian John wrote:
>
> [...]
> > Ok, I think you may have pointed me to the source of the problem.  Here
> > is what my resolv.conf looks like after every time I reboot my compuer:
> > search domain.actdsltmp
> > nameserver 192.168.0.1
> > nameserver 205.171.3.65
>
> If /etc/resolv.conf changes after every reboot, I would say that either
> your DHCP setup is at fault or your ppp.conf set needs to be looked
> at. Can you be sure that your service provider isn't handing the
> "192.168.0.1" ip-address to you?
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>                    Once is dumb luck.
>                                                  Twice is coincidence.
>              Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
>
The 192.168.0.1 address is the ip address of my dsl modem.  Should that be
counted as a dns server?  Where does my DHCP setup live?  What should I
see in ppp.conf?

Thanks

/Brian