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Date:      Thu, 20 Mar 1997 09:09:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        David Lowe <dlowe@sirius.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppp strangeness
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970320090633.8181F-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NXT.3.95q.970319135805.14819A-100000@ds9>

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On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, David Lowe wrote:
> I failed to mention that this "up" interface doesn't work.  What you say
> makes sense, thanks.  But the problem is that ppp -auto is failing to dial
> out despite this.  I get "host name lookup failure" and "host unknown" 
> messages when I try to telnet/ping/etc.  Am I missing something?  How do I

Make sure that the name and IP Address of the host you are trying
to connect to is listed in /etc/hosts.

Dan
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