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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:16:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Neil Jensen <njensen@habaneros.com>
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Subject: Re: Install & ISDN - Bitsurfer Pro
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On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Neil Jensen wrote:

> I'm having one of those frustrating modem-configuration evenings :-(
> 
> Trying to install 2.2.5R via PPP and FTP using a Bitsurfer Pro. I can get
> the modem to connect to my ISP (or at least get a 'CONNECT 115200' message
> from PPP and the modem lights indicate a connection), but when I tell the
> install program to go ahead, I get a "cannot resolve hostname...." error. 
> 
> My ISP uses PAP, so I am manually doing the following at the PPP cli:
> 
> set authname xxxxxx
> set authkey   xxxxxx
> enable pap
> accept pap
> 
> I have also noticed that the install program doesn't seem to be setting the
> netmask properly in ppp (according to 'show ipcp'), so I have tried also
> doing:
> 
> set ifaddr x.x.x.x/30 y.y.y.y/30
> add 0 0 y.y.y.y

Did you try running `add 0 0 HISADDR' after you get connected?

Is the nameserver set properly in /etc/resolv.conf?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major