Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 23:07:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Joey Garcia <jbgarcia@inreach.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP: I give up! (No host found messages) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970919230553.716L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970919174459.00690748@inreach.com>
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On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Joey Garcia wrote: > Okay, I've read the fAQ and I've read the Handbook. Actually, I > used the handbook to help set up ppp. I followed the instructions. I > edited the ppp.conf file as it said I should (I think). I edited the > hosts file as I should (I think). I edited other files as I should (I > think). Mind you I followed the instructions in the handbook for > dynamic ip. Now it seems as thought it dials, starts communicating and > then in a short time it hangs up. Only once had I had connection long > enough to telnet successfully into ea.uci.edu then it closed. Once I > had 9% of Lynx downloaded untill the connection was closed. Now all I > get is HOST NOT FOUND or UKNOWN HOST or some sort of message like that. > I just want to simply dial in a ppp connection to Inreach and run sum > internet software. Have you tried doing it manually by typing `term' at the ppp> prompt? After you get disconnected try typing `show log' at the ppp> prompt, it may give some hints. > Maybe I screwed up by naming my computer > mustang.ford.com (I love Mustangs <G>). I wish I could show you exactly > what I have in the files but I can't even mount my dos partition > /dev/wd0s1 (I think). I tells me something about Super Block (?). > Anyways, can someone give me a clue to how to do the ppp stuff? Maybe > some example of how to connect to an isp or something. Please. Thanks. :) For your dos partition, do mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /mnt Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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