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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 1995 23:10:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net>
To:        -=WireHead=- <31butkiewicz@wmich.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951006230856.2143B-100000@aries.ai.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.951005204151.539355459A-100000@wmich.edu>

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> 
> My ISP provides dynamic IP
> I have resolv.conf with about 5 nameservers listed.
> 	^^ had two then added more to see if that would help. Nope.
> Connects and logs in O.K.
> 
> I am recieveing a host name lookup failure error.
> 

Make your router [gated, or routed or whatever] is properly updating its 
tables to actually send DNS requests out the PPP line. If it can't get a 
packet to a host it will come up with a host name lookup failure. Try 
telneting by IP address to make sure your routing is correct.

-Jerry.




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