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Date:      Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:36:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Evan Thomas <tps.elt@mars.planetary.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807281236250.21490-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01bdb82e$4f393ec0$5617b3d1@default>

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On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Evan Thomas wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to configure PPP.  I got it to connect to my ISP
> (Earthlink), but ftp, telnet, ping, etc , all give me the message "unknown
> host" with everything but localhost.
> 
> my netstat -rn gives:
> 
> dest            Gateway            flags    Refs    Use    Netif Expire
> 127.0.0.1    127.0.01            UH        o        16        lo0
> 
> I am on a stand-alone computer which receives a dynamic IP address from
> Earthlink when connecting with my modem.  I think my problem is with the way
> I have hosts, rc.conf, etc setup.  Can somebody please help - I am also at
> my wits end here.

Put

add 0 0 HISADDR

into your ISP profile.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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