Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 13:34:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk <cagey@kevin.sunshine.net> To: Tom Hamman <hawk3@gate.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with PPP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970519132545.195A-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> In-Reply-To: <199705191442.KAA38414@osceola.gate.net>
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On Mon, 19 May 1997, Tom Hamman wrote: >Hi, I recently installed FreeBSD in an attempt to get away from DOS/Windows >and learn something new (UNIX). I'm having trouble using my PPP account though. > >I followed the steps in the FreeBSD Handbook to configure the right files >(/etc/ppp/ppp.conf, /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/host.conf, >and /etc/hosts) correctly for a PPP account that assigns variable IP >addresses, and I can connect fine (I tried connecting both with the script >in ppp.conf and manually by using the term command and dialing my ISP), but >after I connect nothing seems to work. What results do you get from `show route' and `show ipcp'? Does it show you were assigned your ip address? > I try FTPing to something and it >says 'Host Unknown' or I try pinging something and it says 'No route to >host', etc. I've already looked through the FAQ and Handbook and fiddled >with my configuration files a lot, but I still can't get it to work. Any >help would be appreciated. > Sounds like it's failing to resolve. >(It DID work fine, BTW, when I used the installation disk to install FreeBSD >over FTP.) _______________________________________ |\ /| | \ kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net / | My manhood shouldn't be | \ Kevin G. Eliuk / | measured by the length | /^\_________________________/^\ | of my run on sentences. | / \ | |/--===### Powered By FreeBSD 2.2.1 \| | www.freebsd.org | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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