Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:47:36 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Oleg Ogurok <olegogurok@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to access to ftp servers using ppp program? Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971209164440.1519A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19971209025959.3918.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Oleg Ogurok wrote:
> But when I trying to using ftp program to
> access to ftp servers ( for example for ftp.freebsd.org for download all
> package of FreeBSD ), the ftp program after typing: open
> ftp.freebsd.org, tell me: Unknown host. So, I can't access to any
> server.
Have you modified /etc/resolv.conf to point to your ISP's nameserver
to resolve domain-names? eg:
nameserver WW.XX.YY.ZZ
where WW.XX.YY.ZZ is the IP-address of your ISP's nameserver.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
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