Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:33:19 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Alex Davidson" <alexd@idcomm.com>, "FreeBSD Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection Message-ID: <199811212038.PAA09401@laker.net>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:20:26 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: >I now have a ppp.linkup with the following section: > >isp: > delete ALL > add 0 0 HISADDR > !bg /etc/ppp/ppp/etherup.isp > >Still nothing. Once it appears to connect, try: ping 204.146.18.33 That's www.ibm.com If the ping works, your connection is up. Then try: ping www.ibm.com This will probably fail because you probably don't have your ISPs nameserver listed in /etc/resolv.conf see man resolv.conf Let us know how it goes... Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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