From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 22 10:01:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21363 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:01:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA21350 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:01:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-147.laker.net [208.0.233.47]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id NAA12179; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 13:00:38 -0400 Message-Id: <199810221700.NAA12179@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Paul MacKenzie" Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:57:28 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: weird ppp resolving problem with dns (2.2.7 Freebsd) please help... Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:02:45 -0400, Paul MacKenzie wrote: >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!! If you're accessing the Internet thru ppp, you want three DNS servers listed in your resolv.conf first, the local one, using either the loopback device or it's locally assigned, private IP address (named must be enabled in /etc/rc.(whatever) second, your ISPs Primary DNS IP address third, your ISPs Secondary DNS IP address Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message