Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 03:03:05 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: "Evan Thomas" <tps.elt@mars.planetary.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <980726030305.ZM6087@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: "Evan Thomas" <tps.elt@mars.planetary.org> "Question" (Jul 25, 5:42pm) References: <01bdb82e$4f393ec0$5617b3d1@default>
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On Jul 25, 5:42pm, Evan Thomas wrote: > Subject: Question > Hello, > > I have been trying to configure PPP. I got it to connect to my ISP > (Earthlink), but ftp, telnet, ping, etc , all give me the message "unknown > host" with everything but localhost. > > my netstat -rn gives: > > dest Gateway flags Refs Use Netif Expire > 127.0.0.1 127.0.01 UH o 16 lo0 > > I am on a stand-alone computer which receives a dynamic IP address from > Earthlink when connecting with my modem. I think my problem is with the way > I have hosts, rc.conf, etc setup. Can somebody please help - I am also at > my wits end here. > > Thank you in advance. Any help, suggestions are much appreciated. > > Evan Thomas > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Evan Thomas What do the files referenced above look like. Also show yopur /etc/resolv.conf and we'll take a look and see if they need fixing. I suspect that something is wrong in /etc/resolv.conf, but can't be sure untill I see it. Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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