Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:30:26 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: Matthew Sharlot <matthew@federal.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980415170931.21937B-100000@barnowl> In-Reply-To: <3534F4DC.3AAD@federal.co.uk>
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OK, I'll take a shot. On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Matthew Sharlot wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a really bad day. Could someone please help me? > I am a complete network dummy, so explainations of any actions I should > take would be of great help for helping me in the future. We all have "days", and I don't know a _lot_ about networking, but... > The Problem. > > I have after several hours of swearing managed to establish a PPP > connection to my ISP via my modem. I cannot however get out on to the > internet. I'm trying to use Mosaic as it came on the installation CD and > getting nowhere. I'm pretty sure that my problem lies with routing. I've > messed around with /etc/rc.conf but I'm not sure what I should be > putting in. My config file has an entry: defaultrouter="205.238.128.1" This is the primary number at my ISP. I got it from the setup docs that came with the windoze install disk they gave me. > The setup I currently have in win95 is server assigned IP addresses and > a primary DNS of 194.164.41.7 and a secondary DNS of 194.164.41.12 > Not ever having been connected to any other networks I don't have an IP > address of my own that I can use for my end of the link (come to think > about it I don't even know if I should have one or not). You don't mention an /etc/resolv.conf file. Mine looks like: nameserver 205.238.128.39 ns.realtime.net nameserver 205.238.128.42 ns2.realtime.net These are the primary and secondary nameservers at my ISP. I'm assuming you can make a ppp connection OK. If the /etc/resolv.conf does not exist, then create one with your favorite text editor. The format is: nameserver<whitespace>IP_number<whitespace>alias Read also the man page for resolv.conf. And, refer to Brian Somers' docs on user ppp at www.awfulhack.org. *Very* helpful. > Anyway I'm in dire straits and could really use some help. I'm just > hoping that the help anyone can give me will help me understand things a > bit better, as I'm going to be really stuffed when I get my 64k line in, > if I can't figure out networking basics. > Thanks in advance > > Matthew Sharlot If I were you, I would also contact your ISP. Mine was very helpful and the Unix gurus would come out of the back to answer questions when I first started. You will get it, just keep on truckin'! John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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