From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 21 19:27:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA08148 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:27:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA08142 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:27:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA08222; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 03:19:47 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199711220319.DAA08222@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Grimm cc: support@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with ppp needed... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:23:53 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 03:19:46 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I am having trouble setting up ppp for my 2.2.5 release of FreeBSD. The > problem I'm having is that ppp seems to connect just fine, negotiate the > ip (it's a dynamic IP I get from my service provider) and initiate a PPP > session properly, but what happens is my DNS server is not recognized. ppp > itself has no problems, just that whenever I try to connect to anything > with a domain name, it doesn't work. I have read the online man pages and > the bit in the handbook concerning my problem, the result being that I > have set up my resolv.conf file (hopefully properly...) for the proper > nameserver ip. > > Unfortunately, it still doesn't work. I would be grateful for any help you > give me, and I'll send you my logs if you need them... > /etc/resolv.conf is the only thing required to get the DNS stuff working - as you've already figured out. The only thing I'd suspect is that you've mis-specified the IP number (or even mis-spelt ``nameserver''). You could always use tcpdump (or "set log +tcp/ip" in ppp) to see if you get requests going to your DNS on port 53. Tcpdump is better for this sort of thing 'cos you can get it to just output stuff for a given port. With this info, you can determine if you're actually sending the request out (and if the DNS is actually replying). -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....