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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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                                          Experience is a hard teacher
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