From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 8 17:50:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 457C437B401 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2001 17:50:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjhalljr@starpower.net) Received: from 66-44-68-119.s119.tnt8.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com ([66.44.68.119]) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #2) id 15JPFc-0003s0-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2001 20:50:13 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rjhalljr@pop.starpower.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20010708165422.I539-100000@consult-meyers.com> References: <20010708165422.I539-100000@consult-meyers.com> Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 20:50:14 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Bob Hall Subject: Re: kernel ppp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Hi! > >Small problem with kernel ppp. > >Config according to handbook (and Gregs' book). > >pppd brings up the connection without a hitch. Get a message from >the kernel that IPv 6 not supported. My kernel does the same, but pppd works fine. >Connection stays up and all tests look exactly like the desired >results on pp. 339 and 340 of Unix Sysadmin Handbook by Evi >Nemeth et al. > >However, I cannot send any packets to other hosts. fetchmail etc. >just time out. > >/etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf look OK. > >Suggestions? > >Lucien I've just gone through this, so there's a very slight chance I can help. Are you using Greg Lehey's DNS configuration for a standalone host? What error messages do you get when you HUP named? Can you telnet? nslookup? I made two obvious mistakes when I was trying to configure my DNS; I kept forgetting to put the final dots after the final domain names in the files where this is necessary, and I tried to use a local domain name with an underscore. Bob Hall Know thyself? Absurd direction! Bubbles bear no introspection. -Khushhal Khan Khatak MySQL list magic words: sql query database To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message