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From: Dave Leimbach <dleimbac@MPI-Softtech.Com>
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Subject: Re: PPP configuration
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I think you should checkout the handbook. 

There is a section on this stuff.  Its all I needed to get up and running.

Dave
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>Hi all,
>
>Im a newbie even though I come from the Linux world.
>I recently set up freebsd 4.3.
>I am having some trouble configuring PPP.
>
>The question are: 
>1) In the /etc/hosts file - do i replace the word LOCALHOST
>with my specific hostname?
>
>I do not have a local domain name eg: foo.bar.com
>My hostname consists of a single name and my hostname is
>not the same as my ISP login name. Is this a problem?
>
>I want to dial in to my isp in interactive mode (when I
>initiate connection)  and not in demand mode. Do I have to
>include the primary dns and secondary dns of my ISP in
>resolv.conf?
>
>Thanks!
>Radhika
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