Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 21:28:32 -0400 From: Benjamin George <BenG@thekeyboard.com> To: kellutz@telusplanet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting to ISP Message-ID: <371540C0.441FEC7F@thekeyboard.com> References: <371417D2.DF70A7A3@telusplanet.net>
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Patrick Lutz wrote:
> Thanks! I added a '#' after MYADDR: in the ppp.linkup file, and now
> when I ping the ifconfig numbers, I get a response. A step in the right
> direction.
>
> My next problem is that the ftp still has a "Host name lookup failure."
> message that appears when I try to connect for downloading ports. This
> message comes up immediately. What did I do wrong, did I miss something
> in resolv.conf?
>
> Patrick
The '#' shouldn't make any difference... anything to the right of the '#' is
a comment. The important part is the " add 0 0 HISADDR" (MUST be indented
one space) that comes on the line after "MYADDR:" (or, atleast, after that
line, before another label - a line followed by a ":"). This ensures that
the ppp program (you are using user ppp, aren't you?) knows the ip addresses
to contact your ISP. I think this is probably your problem, since you get
the error right away. If you get this part working, it should work, or take
at least 15 seconds (probably longer) before you get the lookup error.
(Because it will try to contact your DNS server, and it will have the
'gateway' to your ISP, so it will have to timeout if it can't connect to the
DNS server... and that takes a little while.)
Hope this helps.
P.S. It doesn't matter if my address is capitalized or not... technecally
it isn't, but it works both ways :-)
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