From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 30 22:22:25 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id WAA04083 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:22:25 -0800 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.223.46]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA04077 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:22:24 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA03109 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:22:18 -0800 To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Sigh.. :-) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:22:17 -0800 Message-ID: <3108.791533337@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ------- Forwarded Message Return-Path: duane@qnet.com Received: from freefall.cdrom.com (freefall.cdrom.com [192.216.222.4]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA03062 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:08:03 -0800 Received: from cello.QNET.COM (cello.qnet.com [204.107.78.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id WAA03252 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:08:06 -0800 Received: by cello.QNET.COM (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rZBnL-0000KwC; Mon, 30 Jan 95 22:10 PST Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:10:28 -0800 (PST) From: "Duane R. Ellison" X-Sender: duane@cello To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Subject: knowledge request In-Reply-To: <22063.791505381@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, You are the guy in the know so I hope you can spread the wealth of knowledge. Where can I find information on configuring my system to link through pppd to my host qnet.com and allow me to grap my mail (so I can read it off line) using pine. Now I know this is probably simple, but it is kinda kickin' my butt. I almost have ppp running, meaning that I can connect via kermit suspend that start ppp and see everything link up and that is it. I am unable to talk to qnet.com or anything else. I have even tried 'ping'ing numeric sites 204.107.78.30. The modem flashes but nothing comes back. If I try to telnet blabla.blabla.com it always says it canno find the host. I ASSUME I have serious problems with /etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf but I am not sure what is suppose to be there (haven't been able to find a good readme file) or if there are other places that I also need to change. I have a whole binder full of FAQ, how-tos, etc which has gotten me this far (I never thought I would compile my own kernel before) but I am only half way there. Anyway I hope that I haven't directed my question to the wrong person or in the wrong way I am just trying to figure this stuff out. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance... Duane ------- End of Forwarded Message