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Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 12:33:53 -0400
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Hi, 

I wonder if someone could give me some advice. I tried to install 
FreeBSD last night over the internet via a PPP link. 

I went through the entire process, entered all the right IP addresses 
(the ones which I always use with PPP and which work fine), logged in 
using the term program, queried it and found that it seemed to think it 
had a good PPP link up, then tried to proceed and every time 
installation claimed it couldn't resolve the addresses for various FTP 
sites I tried. 

Thing is, it returned instantly with the 'not found' message, and 
careful observation of the modem lights showed no activity before it 
said it couldn't resolve the addresses. So I suspect it wasn't actually 
sending out the DNS request properly.

What should I try next to get this to work? Any hints would be 
appreciated.

Thanks.

(P.S., please reply via Email)

Raphael Laderman