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Date:      Sun, 05 Apr 1998 01:07:00 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Ben <aaaaargh@mail.sover.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Configuring PPP 
Message-ID:  <199804050007.BAA15289@awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Apr 1998 23:35:33 CDT." <3.0.5.32.19980403233533.00933d50@mail.sover.net> 

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> Lately I've been trying to configure user PPP.  I went through the steps
> for configuring PPP in the handbook and things seemed to be fine.  When I
> connect to my ISP, via PPP, I can't connect to any other computers on the
> internet.  Telnet, FTP, even whois won't work because it can't connect to
> internic.  I've been thinking about what might be causing it, but I'm new
> to both FreeBSD and networking.  Is it a DNS thing?  I don't have a clue,
> it would be great if someone could help me.

Check out the stuff pointed at from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html.

You probably need to fill /etc/resolv.conf and put the correct 
entries in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.
-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....



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