From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 16:04:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B511E16A4B3 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web12503.mail.yahoo.com (web12503.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3CCB043F75 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:04:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bbeday@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20031013230410.60283.qmail@web12503.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.53.189.3] by web12503.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:04:10 PDT Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:04:10 -0700 (PDT) From: brad beday To: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: bbeday@yahoo.com Subject: DNS trouble with ppp for 4.8 bsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 23:04:10 -0000 Hi, I'm trying to set up the internet on freebsd 4.8, the mini distribution. When I dial in to my isp using the "ppp" program, i log on and then switch terminals to run some tcp application, all i get are the application messages saying they can't resolve ip addresses. For instance, when i try to run: ftp ftp.freebsd.org i get a message saying can't resolve name. or: pkg_add -r XFree86 gives me "Host not found" Do I need to install a name server client? Or do I need to install and run some deamon to take requests and querry some remote name server. I've set up ppp through sysinstall and provided it with my isp "quadrant.net" and the dns number they gave me. This number appears in resolve.conf as nameserver 207.###.###.### - i forget the rest. I've set my domain as "net". Over the summer on a different machine, i had the same trouble with a different isp but flukked out and the trouble went a way after i reinstalled it and was able to use the internet. Is there any programs I can use to test the name server and verify that I'm getting through to it? I like bsd and want to get the internet going on it. What all files need to be edited when I set up ppp. When using ppp i type "set device dev/cuaa1" "set speed 115200" "enable dns" "term" "at" ... If i have to turn on some client program from my end, is there some way to explicitly turn it on rather then launching it at boot time and if so how? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com