From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 1 13:11:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13034 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:11:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from darius.concentric.net (darius.concentric.net [207.155.184.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13020 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:11:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Ashort@concentric.net) Received: from mcfeely.concentric.net (mcfeely.concentric.net [207.155.184.83]) by darius.concentric.net (8.8.8/(98/04/23 5.10)) id QAA20992; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 16:11:56 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from galileo.cris.com (galileo.concentric.net [206.173.119.84]) by mcfeely.concentric.net (8.8.8) id QAA04455; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 16:11:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 15:11:55 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Short X-Sender: Ashort@galileo.cris.com To: Chris Browning cc: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr, questions Subject: Re: Rép : Re: newbie PPP question In-Reply-To: <359A7AD1.8F9907DC@netunlimited.net> Message-ID: Approved: Maxwell House Rich French Roast MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id NAA13021 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have never set up dns services on a computer, yet I find /etc/resolv.conf a VITAL part of setting up a unix box simply because it defines the nameservers the that box _uses_ in it's own name lookups...It's not just for OFFERING services (is it even for that? I reallyt don't _knwow??) it is for USING them. On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Chris Browning wrote: > > > > THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr wrote: > > > have you updated /etc/resolv.conf ? > > The fbsd manual index entry for /etc/resolv.conf refers to the chapter for DNS. I'm > not running DNS and don't plan to. Do I need /etc/resolv.conf. I don't have one at > present. > > > > > > > can you ping a numeric IP address ? > > I can ping my ISP. I can ping other ISP's. I appear to be able to ping any valid > numeric IP address. > > > > > > > ____________________________ Séparateur Réponse ________________________________ > > Objet : Re: newbie PPP question > > Auteur : brownicm@netunlimited.net > > Date : 01/07/98 17:51 > > > > I was about half off-track wasn't I? Blindly typing ATE1 was > > just the thing. Thanks a million to Brian. > > > > FYI '~?' still doesn't echo but the help command list does. > > The help commands (~. or whatever) don't echo but they do > > work. The AT commands echo. Who knows? I'm happy. > > > > Almost. You may notice from the header that I'm still on the > > Win95 box. I get logged into my ISP no problem, enter 'add > > 00 HISADDR' and I can ping and telnet all over the 'Net but > > I can't get netscape or lynx to work. Ideas anyone? What > > dumb thing am I doing now? TIA > > > > Chris Browning > > brownicm@netunlimited.net > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Short Colossians 3:23 ashort@concentric.net http://www.concentric.net/~ashort/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message