Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 16:21:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Benn Horton <b.horton@ukonline.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970408162023.1613C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <MAPI.Id.0016.002e686f72746f6e3030303830303038@MAPI.to.RFC822>
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Benn Horton wrote: > I am having problems connecting to my ISP with FreeBSD 2.1.7. I am using > user PPP command to connect through my modem and I do manage to > connect without any problems. The IPCP sets my host IP address and defines > the peer IP address. I have configures the resolv.conf file with the > IP address of the nameserver (which is correct since it works with the > Internet Explorer dialer). I have tried using PPP in the dial on demand mode > but when I run network commands like ping, ftp the command seems to hang > and times out with an error message. The message states that the > hostname for the DNS nameserver was not found. I find this strange since > the FreeBSD handbook gives instructions to use an IP address rather than > a hostname in the resolv.conf file. How can I configuring my networking so > that all packets will be routed to my ISP and use the nameserver? You need to have an interface configured and a route to the outside world to trigger the dial-out. Have you seen the Pedantic PPP Primer in the Tutorials section on the website? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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