From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 05:02:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA10187 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 05:02:54 -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 FAA10163 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 05:02:49 -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 NAA18463; 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 LAA23479; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 11:41:28 GMT (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199811081141.LAA23479@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: larry_nilsen cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: ping hostname In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Nov 1998 09:52:28 PST." <364488DB.B5AF2196@eee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:41:28 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi I have FREEBSD 2.2.7 installed > i would like to run ppp? > Question this is what it looks like > pppONcircle>term > working in interactivemode > Type ? for help > [] I've seen at least two answers to this question in response to your previous posts. Have you tried typing ``AT'' ? > this is all it gives me? i cant type nothing > because my cursor is gone and all i see is a > little white rectangle box just sitting there bottom > left corner i cant even type ? to get anything. > please what am i not doing to beable to dial my > isp.if this helps this is another message i see And I've already mentioned that you need ``~?'' not just ``?''. > circle# ping hostname > ping: cannot resolve hostname: host name > lookup failure. > is there away to fix this problem and if so > please" step by step how to instruction. > P.S. can you send me quick working > examples what im suppose to have in these > three files.im not going to be a server i just > want to dial my isp and connect to the internet. > /etc/host.conf hosts bind > /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost myhost.mydomain myhost > /etc/resolv.conf domain mydomain nameserver x.x.x.x nameserver y.y.y.y x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y should be supplied by your ISP. If you've got a static IP number, you'll have been given your hostname by your ISP. If not, pick something that's not likely to conflict with the rest of the world - say ending with .ln. > thankyou As I've asked in the past, are your sure your serial port is being recognised ? Have you tried ``dmesg | fgrep sio'' ? -- 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