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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