Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 18:34:03 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS/ISP problem Message-ID: <199910041734.SAA01115@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:15:49 BST." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910011411190.53278-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> OK, at least i am connected to ONE ISP (dad's ;-)... but it's
> long-distance. I'm using it because it works with the scripts i have set
> up. My ISP uses a different kind of authentication. AFter connecting with
> ppp, i hit return and login manually. What do i do after that to start
> things? Usually i just wait, but the connection doesn't work after than.
> Hostname reoslution. I think it's the nameservers. I've heard some ISP's
> don't let you leech off their nameservers if you didn't dial in to them.
> Is there an easy way to switch between nameservers for different ISP's?
> I remember seeing something about delete ALL, enable dns, stuff like that.
> Am i on the right track?
Yes, add ``enable dns'' to your ppp.conf file. You could also ``set
log +ipcp'' (or ``set log local +ipcp'' for output to the ppp prompt)
to ensure that the peer is agreeing to tell you the DNS IP numbers.
If they don't, you'll need to add a command to ppp.linkup that
modifies /etc/resolv.conf for you.
> jcm
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