From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 2 00:08:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA18595 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 00:08:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (ns.alcatel.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA18553 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 00:07:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr) From: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP.9.9.9) with ESMTP id JAA01154; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:12:30 +0200 Received: from aifhs1.alcatel.fr (aifhs1.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.86]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id JAA29933; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:01:03 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from aifhs2.alcatel.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aifhs1.alcatel.fr (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA01086; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:04:09 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id JAA29784; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:00:48 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from telss1 (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA24314; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:11:12 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA07604; Thu, 2 Jul 98 09:00:06 +0200 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA015272552; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 08:55:52 +0200 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Thu, 2 Jul 98 08:55:46 +0200 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <359A7AD1.8F9907DC@netunlimited.net> Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9p_:_Re:_R*p_:_Re:_newbie_PPP_question?= Mime-Version: 1.0 To: brownicm@netunlimited.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; name="Re:" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Re:" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id AAA18579 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, even if you don't run a DNS **server** (named / BIND), you sould definitely use resolv.conf to map symbolic addresses (ftp.cdrom.com) to 32 bit IP addresses. Could you be more elaborate on "I can't get netscape or lynx to work" TfH ____________________________ Séparateur Réponse ________________________________ Objet : Re: R*p : Re: newbie PPP question Auteur : brownicm@netunlimited.net Date : 01/07/98 20:07 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message