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Date:      Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:22:32 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        Inu Wikantiyoso <inu@sby.centrin.net.id>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppp problem (dyn. IP from isp)
Message-ID:  <19990607192458.MLXC8785947.mta2-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <375C046A.8ACDEFA6@sby.centrin.net.id>

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Inu,

I have forwarded your question to the freebsd questions mailing list.  
Hopefully, someone there will be able to answer your question.  I, 
unfortunately, don't have time at the moment.  That's the beauty of the 
mailing list.  If one person can't answer, another can.  :)

Cheers.

On 8 Jun 99, at 0:42, Inu Wikantiyoso wrote:

> This is my first 48 hours using FreeBSD-3.1, and I'm really excited with
> this system, for it's stability and default security policy.

Welcome to FreeBSD!

> I read your PPP article I found from a website, and I'm able to connect to
> internet ,but my resolver still doesn't work. I can send and fetch mail
> with Netscape 4.5 and manually PPP as you shown at your article, using IP
> number.

That's a good start.

> It's not a problem since I know my ISP's mail server IP number, but I
> can't go to rest of the net :(.
> 
> BTW, my ISP doesn't give me a static IP and I use a single box at home (no
> LAN etc).
> 
> So, what should I put on /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file, section ifaddr ? Or, what
> I have to do if I connect PPP manually using ppp prompt ? Because'enable
> dns' command doesn't works.
> 
> My /etc/resolve.conf consist :
> 
> search centrin.net.id
> nameserver 202.146.255.3
> nameserver 202.146.255.5
> 
> and /etc/hosts consist :
> 
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 
> That's my main problem, I hope you would help me because I'm very new to
> FreeBSD system and I really love this system rather than Linux.
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