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From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com>
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 03:03:05 +0000
In-Reply-To: "Evan Thomas" <tps.elt@mars.planetary.org>
        "Question" (Jul 25,  5:42pm)
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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
>
>
>
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>-- 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


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