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From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke>
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Subject: Re: I want to smurf the Internet using Netscape. How?
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Thus spake GDB (g-d-b@freegates.be):

> I have a simple modem on com3. Now I want to surf the Internet using Netscape Navigator 3 (because it's on my FreeBSD 3.2 4 CD set -- Communicator 4 is also on the set but doesn't want to run.).
> 
> Now I do:
> 
> #ppp<enter>
> ...> dial provider<enter>
> ppp>...
> .
> .
> .
> PPP><I don't do anything anymore at this point>
> 
> 
> 
> In an xterm window, I do:
> 
> #netscape&
> 
> But Netscape says: Netscape is unable to locate the server: home.netscape.com. The server does not have a DNS entry.
> 
> 
> my etc/host.conf file:
> hosts
> bind
> 
> my etc/resolv.conf:
> nameserver <my ISP DNS1>
> nameserver <my ISP DNS2>
> 
> my etc/hosts:
> <same as on the CD set, I didn't change anything>
> 
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

Most likely your ppp.conf
# set login "ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 ogin:--ogin: ppp word: ppp"
 set authname name
 set authkey passwd
 set timeout 360
set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
delete ALL
add 0 0 HISADDR
enable dns
set dns their_DNSes

-Wash

> 
> PS: in ppp, I also get a "silo overflow" message: is it save to ignore this?
> 
> 
> 


--
Odhiambo Washington
Systems Administrator
Inter-Connect Ltd.
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those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. -W. H. Auden 
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