Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:25:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: Christopher Cox <phitaly@email.msn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Followed directions! Cannot get ISP up! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980608132130.2455P-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <000101bd92b1$5ea3c620$12452599@amd>
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On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Christopher Cox wrote: > Okay, I currently use MSN, and have followed directions from the Complete > FreeBSD book to a tea and this is what happens... I can get into the > terminal and type atdt6051880 and go through the login prompts. When I log > in, MSN tells what the IP address is and it goes back to the ppp ON myname> > prompt.. but nothing happens and I cant use the Internet. > > I set up the ppp.conf and ppp.linkup files correctly, and it says Dial OK, > login OK and dumps me back to the ppp ON myname> prompt. I have followed > everything including the lines in ppp.linkup to no avail! Could someone > help me? Or point me out to an Arizona ISP that will work with FreeBSD? > What are you expecting to happen? Bells and whistles? ppp ON myname> Means you're ON. Switch to another terminal (ALT-F2, etc) and type: $ ping www.yahoo.com if you get... PING www4.yahoo.com (204.71.200.69): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 204.71.200.69: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=83.214 ms 64 bytes from 204.71.200.69: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=79.335 ms 64 bytes from 204.71.200.69: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=79.099 ms ^C ...It's working. (Assumming DNS is functional. You can also ping 207.71.200.69) -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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