From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 15 15:23:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01407 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:23:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.realtime.net (mail1.realtime.net [205.238.128.217]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA01363 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:23:34 GMT (envelope-from jktheowl@bga.com) Received: (qmail 15304 invoked from network); 15 Apr 1998 22:23:30 -0000 Received: from zoom.realtime.net (HELO zoom.bga.com) (root@205.238.128.40) by mail1.realtime.net with SMTP; 15 Apr 1998 22:23:30 -0000 Received: from barnowl (apm7-198.realtime.net [204.96.0.198]) by zoom.bga.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA23778; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:23:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:30:26 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy X-Sender: jktheowl@barnowl To: Matthew Sharlot cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!! In-Reply-To: <3534F4DC.3AAD@federal.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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: nameserverIP_numberalias 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