Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 23:39:37 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Alex Davidson" <alexd@idcomm.com>, "FREEBSD-QUESTIONS MS" <FREEBSD-QUESTIONS@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP Still not working Message-ID: <199811080441.XAA11789@laker.net>
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On Sat, 07 Nov 1998 22:52:26 -0500, Steve Friedrich wrote: >On Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:50:00 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: > >>Well I am still not able to connect successfully to my ISP. To recap, I can >>dial and connect but can't ping. No-one here has noticed a particular >>problem with my ppp.conf file. > >When you ping'ed, did you you a host name or an ip address?? Use an IP >address first (the one for a machine at your local ISP will suffice). >If that works, then the link is good. Then try the same machine as the >ip address, but use it's name. If that fails, it's probably because >you have configured a name server in /etc/resolv.conf. I made a couple typos... >When you ping'ed, did you you a host name or an ip address?? Use an IP ...did you use... >you have configured a name server in /etc/resolv.conf. you have not configured... 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
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