From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 21:54:43 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E1716A4CE; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:54:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.rimasec.net (nyc.rimasec.net [209.133.8.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2114F43D3F; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:54:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rick@rimasec.net) Received: from localhost (mail.rimasec.net [209.133.8.163]) by mail.rimasec.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E0F2B855; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:54:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.rimasec.net ([209.133.8.163]) by localhost (nyc.rimasec.net [209.133.8.163]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17934-04; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:54:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from zombie.mtl.rptn.net (mtl.rptn.net [216.113.17.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.rimasec.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38752B836; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:54:38 -0500 (EST) From: Rick Fournier Organization: RimaSec Internet Services To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:54:32 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050207200625.22499.qmail@web30203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050207200625.22499.qmail@web30203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart12344668.FJuxiyshRD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502071654.36262.rick@rimasec.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mta.rimasec.net cc: Shawn B cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP connection issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:54:44 -0000 --nextPart12344668.FJuxiyshRD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline You dont need any software from sympatico, you can use ppp from FreeBSD to = do=20 pppoe. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html make sure your username ends with @sympatico.ca, then make sure you get val= id=20 sympatico DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf file. <-- I worked at sympatico once, their real bitches about unix/linux support= ,=20 and to think the guy from roaring penguin who wrote the linux pppoe client= =20 onced worked for them. they should at least recommend that one! --> =2DRick On February 7, 2005 03:06 pm, Shawn B wrote: > I am fairly new at *nix and FreeBSD. I am attempting > to run a privately owned, publically accessible web > server from a PC running FreeBSD 4.8. I configured > ppp.conf and rc.conf for the *old* ISP settings (the > ones that worked a year ago), and now they do now > work. I cannot connect the machine to the ISP. > Although PPP does enable, I cannot resolve any > domains. The ISP is Bell-Sympatico (Canada), and they > are completely unwilling to help me, or provide > software that will accommodate *nix systems > specifically. They do, however, have PPPoE software > for Linux. Since I am new to FreeBSD, I do not want to > try this software unless I know it will work ok. The > software is available here > http://service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?method=3Dcontent.view&content_id=3D= 1138&c >ategory_id=3D99 > > I have tried every possible option I could conjure-up > with no avail. I have even exhaustively searched the > FreeBSD Handbook and Man pages on-line, and other > resources (such as Google) were no help. > > I thank you for any help yous' may provide to me. I am > running short on time and patience in getting this > system on-line. If this should have been send > elsewhere, please let me know. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 Rimasec Internet Services www.rimasec.net / info@rimasec.net phone: (514) 998-7830 / fax: (514) 998-7130 Owner & Systems Administrator / Rick Fournier (rick@rimasec.net) GnuPG / PGP Key: 31846E22 (http://www.rimasec.net/keys/rick.asc) Key Fingerprint: B1E3 AE2E C867 F491 BF9F 9485 7818 122D 3184 6E22 --nextPart12344668.FJuxiyshRD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCB+OceBgSLTGEbiIRAk0oAJ47nSI+vczb3F/79snH/EDoSFnR7ACgsYIf 57n0vrWrq3yzlf8kQcGiA0o= =nQbK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart12344668.FJuxiyshRD--