From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 05:02:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA10128 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 05:02:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA10110 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 05:02:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@woof.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18460; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 13:02:32 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA23492; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 11:44:38 GMT (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199811081144.LAA23492@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jerry cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network/PPP In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Nov 1998 13:37:05 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:44:38 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I recently got a domain name and I was making changes to the /etc/hosts, > /etc/rc.conf /etc/resolv.conf, /usr/local/etc/apache/(files) > > I'm not sure what I've done everything has always run smooth until now. I > can telnet into my freebsd box from my networked win95 but I can't see out > over the ppp connection on either machines. I can ping my ip (static) on > my isp's end. > > Also when I start the PPP -alias it takes a very long time before I get a This is because your `hostname` doesn't resolve. Make sure /etc/host.conf says ``hosts'' before ``bind'' and put your hostname in /etc/hosts. > prompt to dial. When I do finally get a prompt it looks like this when I > dial: > > # ppp -alias > User process PPP. Written by Toshiharu OHNO. > Using Interface: tun0 > Interactive mode > ppp ON ma> dial ISP > 0: Invalid command > Dial attempt 1 of 1 > > > then it dials and connect fine. I never got the 0: Invalid command > before. If someone could help with some of my problems I really need it. > I have a feeling its one line somewhere and I can't find it! Turn on command logging. Your ISP config entry in /etc/ppp.conf has an indented line starting with ``0 ''. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message