From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 8 12:06:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA21001 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:06:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from ttauri.UGAstro.Berkeley.EDU (ttauri.UGAstro.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.92.45]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA20982 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:05:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by ttauri.UGAstro.Berkeley.EDU (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA28741; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:04:32 -0800 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:04:32 -0800 (PST) From: "Sean O'Casey Hoss" To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: ftp does not work Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sysadmin: I would like to run FreeBSD on my PC at home. I sent a message to you on Feb 6 that detailed my hardware and the steps I took before I received the error message "Cannot resolve hostname 'ftp.freebsd.org'! Are you sure that your name server, gateway and network interface are configured?" The reply I got was as follows: Nope - this is your problem - you need to configure the things you mention. It sounds like you have not entered a correct IP number for your providers DNS machine. All your other problems could be a symptom of this. Anthony Hill So I called campus User Account Services and they verified that I have the correct IP information for the hostname, IP address, gateway/router address, and nameserver address. I can reach the freebsd ftp site manually, so it seems that the hardware and protocols are configured correctly. After I connect to the campus server and I switch back to tty1, what does the sysinstall program do next? After I connect to my provider, should I negotiate the connection any further (enter PPP mode, start an ftp session,...)? Sean O'Casey Hoss