From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 7 14:13:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07A9616A4CE for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:13:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web14701.mail.yahoo.com (web14701.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.224.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E66A943D2F for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:13:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from whatluo@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040907141319.19983.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [211.94.126.199] by web14701.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 07 Sep 2004 07:13:19 PDT Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 07:13:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Huajian Luo To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." In-Reply-To: <413C7981.8040702@daleco.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Name Lookup fail for cvsup.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:13:20 -0000 freebsd-questions@freebsd.org --- "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." wrote: > Huajian Luo wrote: > > >Hi, > > I have a Compaq Evo N610c Laptop and installed > with > >5.2.1 release, The Modem is a Lucent winmodem , > I've > >installed comm/ltmdm and config /etc/ppp/ppp.conf > as > >follow, > >--/etc/ppp/ppp.conf- > >.... > >enable dns > >.... > >---- > >and I run #ppp -ddial myISP and check > >/var/log/ppp/log everything is Ok , > >but when I do > >#cvsup -g -L2 /etc/ports-supfile > >it output: > > > >Name Lookup fail for cvsup.freebsd.org, > >host name lookup failed will retry at.blah-blah > > > > > > > > So, your ISP's servers aren't giving you any DNS > information, or else FreeBSD isn't paying attention > when it does... > > If you call nslookup(1), what is the result? If you > aren't running a local nameserver, and you're not > getting any response, you should probably get an > error there, too. > > Another possibility is that you have no real > connectivity > at all ... something which you haven't addressed. > Can > you ping by IP address? Maybe yahoo.com, which a > moment > ago was at 66.94.234.13 ? > > >--the question is should I comment out "enable dns" > >in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf to make it not check > nameserver > >, cause when I dailed from windows ,I just need the > > >ISP's phone number and user/pass everything is OK. > > > >I just wanna dial to web when I'm at home, so I > don't > >know how to config /etc/resolv.conf, cause this is > >just a stand alone laptop and the Ip was dynamic > >allocated by my ISP, and I pick up the phone an > >heard "ZzzzZzz", which means I've dialed onto web, > >and nslookup show me the same problem, > > > >thanks in advances, > > > >whatluo, > > > > > > If it is simply a DNS problem, adding the IP > addresses of your ISP's nameservers to > /etc/resolv.conf > would be a valid workaround. I don't know why DNS > wouldn't > be working otherwise, *unless* you actually aren't > connected > as I noted above. "I pick up the phone an heard > 'ZzzzZzz'" isn't > necessarily an indication of a successful PPP > connection IMHO.... > > Kevin Kinsey > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi, thanks for your response I've checked the /var/log/ppp.log and see these weired stuff. ----- PPP[513]:tun0:Phase:deflink:IPV6CP Protocol reject close IPV6CP! PPP[513]:tun0:IPCP:deflink:RecvConfigAck(3) state=Ack-Sent PPP[513]:tun0:IPCP:IPADDR[6] 211.157.91.2 PPP[513]:tun0:IPCP:deflink:state Change Ack-Sent->Opened :LayerUp PPP[513]:tun0:IPCP:Myaddr 211.157.91.2 Hisaddr=10.1.8.14 PPP[513]:tun0:IPCP:deflink:RecvProtocolRej(159)State =Opened ============= should I disable the IPv6 option or not, if so what can I do next, Thanks again, whatluo _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush