Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:37:46 -0800 From: Chuck Grimes <cgrimes@nature.berkeley.edu> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP problem (again) Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980119213528.006b176c@nature.berkeley.edu>
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At 11:08 PM 1/19/98 +0000, you wrote: > >Are you trying to type these commands at the ppp prompt ? The ppp >prompt is for controlling ppp. You need to switch to another >terminal if you want to run ftp, telnet etc. > >The bit about /etc/resolv.conf is correct. > >-- >Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian, Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't realize I needed to switch terminals (dumb). But, now another problem rears its ugly head. I need to somehow do a network interface configuration. In the original install menus, I skipped through the network conf's because this is a single box. So now I need to go back. I ran the /stand/sysinstall off the cdrom disk 1 and selected 'networking'. The menu asks for host name, domain name, gateway, name server. My machine is called 'cag' (original huh, short for chuck a. grimes). Obviously these are arbitrary titles. But somewhere in these selections I have to fit the real information: local: 0.0.0.0 I assume these defaults are taken care of remote: 0.0.0.0 with the ppp.conf script as myaddr, hisaddr--yes? no? but then somewhere I need to put, domain: earthlink.net DNS: 206.85.92.2 206.85.92.79 206.85.92.60 The tech at earthlink expected there would be a resolv.conf file in /etc. No such file (probably because I didn't do a network conf--right?). So now what? My only thought is to edit the rc.conf and look under network entries. I am a little worried about screwing around in this file. Any specific suggestions would be deeply appreciated. Sorry to need such hand holding, but us unix newbies are rilly dumb. Chuck Grimes
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