From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 7 20:49:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA27205 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 20:49:46 -0800 (PST) (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 UAA27194 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 20:49:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-140.laker.net [208.0.233.40]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id XAA11789; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 23:41:19 -0500 Message-Id: <199811080441.XAA11789@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Alex Davidson" , "FREEBSD-QUESTIONS MS" Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 23:39:37 -0500 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: PPP Still not working Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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