Date: 18 Oct 1999 01:54:10 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp & ftp Message-ID: <86aephbnu4.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: "Stephen Foster"'s message of "Sun, 17 Oct 1999 13:12:56 -0600" References: <000b01bf18d3$9f4c3140$0a01a8c0@WS1>
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"Stephen Foster" <fosterex@uswest.net> writes: > I'm having difficulty installing any ports that need to ftp. I can dial = > out using kppp (KDE 1.1.1) and I can ping the outside world without a = > problem, but that is the end of it. A manual ftp ftp.freebsd.org gives = > me a Host name loolup failure. =20 This is certainly not a 'ports' problem, more like a dns lookup problem it seems to me :) You could try setting up your /etc/resolv.conf file to include some *real* name-server address, something along the lines of: domain hell.gr nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 195.170.0.2 nameserver 195.170.2.1 The first 'nameserver' line is optional, use it only if you've installed and are running a local *named* server. The two last lines are the nameservers I use, but they are those of a Greek ISP, so it would be probably quite slow for you, but try using something closer networkwise to you, i.e. the ip-addresses of the local ISP you're using. -- Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> "That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears." [Geoffrey Chaucer, 1328-1400] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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