Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:36:25 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: paul@elehost.com (Paul MacKenzie) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: weird ppp resolving problem with dns (2.2.7 Freebsd) please help... Message-ID: <199810221636.LAA08062@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981022115916.0097ec10@mail.elehost.com> from Paul MacKenzie at "Oct 22, 98 12:02:45 pm"
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In a previous message, Paul MacKenzie said:
> Hello,
>
> I have a weird problem with ppp..
>
> When I put 127.0.0.1 in the resolv.conf, and try and run ppp (all I get is
> running in interactive mode) and can not do anything. When I remove it, it
> loads up fine and I can dial...
>
> Why?
>
> I can not seem to get DNS working over the Internet connection PPP dial in
> from one Freebsd box to another, so I set up a dns server on the local
> machine. When I am connected when I remove the 127.0.0.1 that I had to
> remove, then everything works??
>
> I am really confused why ppp will not load when the 127.0.0.1 is not in. It
> is a nightmare b/c I can not resolve for some reason without it??
>
> Any help would be appreciated!!
>
> Thanks
Hmm, I'm going to assume that you are running named on your local system
and that it does in fact resolve addresses.
So that must mean that when you start ppp it wants to resolve something that
is not known to your local nameserver.
So run tcpdump -i lo0, and see what comes up when you start ppp.
The question I have is why can't you resolve without it. Where do you point
resolv.conf other than localhost? What happens when the link is up and you
try to run nslookup on the outside nameserver?
Paul.
--
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
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