From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 4 16:12:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA26088 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 4 Apr 1998 16:12:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA25985 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 1998 16:12:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA15289; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 01:07:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199804050007.BAA15289@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Ben cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring PPP In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 03 Apr 1998 23:35:33 CDT." <3.0.5.32.19980403233533.00933d50@mail.sover.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 01:07:00 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Lately I've been trying to configure user PPP. I went through the steps > for configuring PPP in the handbook and things seemed to be fine. When I > connect to my ISP, via PPP, I can't connect to any other computers on the > internet. Telnet, FTP, even whois won't work because it can't connect to > internic. I've been thinking about what might be causing it, but I'm new > to both FreeBSD and networking. Is it a DNS thing? I don't have a clue, > it would be great if someone could help me. Check out the stuff pointed at from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html. You probably need to fill /etc/resolv.conf and put the correct entries in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message