From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 4 06:53:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA12298 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 06:53:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wedge.its.utas.edu.au (wedge.its.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA12293 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 06:53:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by wedge.its.utas.edu.au (8.7.1/8.6.6) id XAA25357; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:53:40 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:53:40 +1000 (EST) From: Carey Nairn X-Sender: cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au To: thekork@xtdl.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP setup Need Help! In-Reply-To: <199606041333.JAA06182@user.xtdl.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Jun 1996 thekork@xtdl.com wrote: > Hi there. Well, I am running FreeBSD, 2.1.0 and have been tring to setup PPP. > I can get it to dial out, and then connect to my ISP, and then my ISP issues me > my IP address, the problem that I am having is that I cannot do ANY activities > with it. Everytime I try PING or telnet, it comes up with an error message. If > I try to run netscape, it says there is no DNS. WHat is happening? I don't understand it! > > Help! > > JAson "thekork" korkin > > e-mail: thekork@xtdl.com > There are a few possibilities with this problem... do you have your /etc/resolv.conf file configured for your correct nameserver ? do you have a correct default route to your ISP ? ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================