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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
cc: Patrick Kimball <cctrails@cape.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Static IP Connection 
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On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Brian Somers wrote:

> > Help!  After rigorously following the PPP HOWTO, I get a good dial, login,
> > and packet mode on the ppp prompt.  The log and ipcp commands show a good
> > connection; the hdlc command indicates no errors.  But the ping to an
> > outside site fails; and the browsers don't work.  My ISP has given me a
> > static IP, and the routing table shows a proper default route.  But after
> > about five minutes, the connection dies.  I have Linux on another partition
> > which works fine with pppd.  Thanks, Patrick Kimball.
> 
> Have you got /etc/resolv.conf configured correctly ?  What happens 
> when you ping using an IP number rather than a name ?
I'll lay my chips on a routing problem.
Once you've dialed in, do this:
netstat -r
And show me what it says.  If that seems to hang and take forever, do
this:
netsat -rn


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