From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 2 12:10:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA20671 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 12:10:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kirk.NetUnlimited.net (root@Kirk.netunlimited.net [208.128.132.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA20665 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 12:10:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brownicm@netunlimited.net) Received: from netunlimited.net (Saavik-43.netunlimited.net [208.128.132.183]) by Kirk.NetUnlimited.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id PAA22431; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:09:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <359BDB4E.3F68BDB0@netunlimited.net> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 15:11:12 -0400 From: Chris Browning X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr CC: questions Subject: Re: newbie PPP question References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Le bonheur n'est pas encore ici. I assumed you meant: 208.128.132.1 208.128.132.2 but I tried both ways. Neither worked. I have also attempted to set up the "cacheing-only name server" Do you know anything about this? For that, the resolv.conf in the manual is a bit different: nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 208.128.132.1 nameserver 208.128.132.2 I misinterpreted what 'nameserver' meant the first time through. Is this cacheing-only NS what you're using? I tried every combination of your suggestions and the manual's suggestions I could think of and the above was the only one that allowed it to work. It gave a msg 'Ready to take requests' so I assume that was the right way. When I set this up and invoked it, it made ppp all screwy. No echo, no response. But we may be on two different tracks here. But the nameserver thing *is* the problem. I *can* lynx to an IP number. I hadn't thought of that before. Can't ping a name. Any other thoughts? Anyone else out there following this? I also see references to /etc/namedb/localhost.rev and /etc/namedb/named.boot. Or am I on the wrong track again? Thanks to all again for your patience. THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr wrote: > just set these two lines in resolv.conf : > > 208.128.132.1 > 208.128.132.1 > > no names in it !!! > > this file tells the TCP/IP stack where to look when it wants to > translate a name into an IP address / if you put names there's a > chicken-and-egg problem .... > > TfH > > PS after that, you'll be able to ping ftp.netscape.com ... le bonheur > !!! > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message