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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 18:31:07 -0700
To: Anders <gollum@rdc.cl>
From: Kevin <kevink@mindless.com>
Subject: Re: pppd question.
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doy ou have a /etc/resolv.conf file?

should look something like:

domain yourisp.com
nameserver 200.27.2.2

later

At 10:19 PM 10/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>This may be a stupid question (no, in fact I am very sure now that it is a
>stupid quesion :), but I have read all the docs, looked at all the man
>pages, and checked the Handbook and FAQ.
>
>My ISP uses dynamic IP addressing, and in the past (and from this windows
>machine), I have not had to enter his IP address in order to connect.  I
>use PAP to connect.
>
>I can correctly call the ISP, connect, and then pppd ends successfully,
>(still connected, of course), but when I try to ping anybody, or use ftp, I
>get "No route to host." errors.  I normally have needed to enter a DNS
>address to connect correctly, but this time I have not found any place to
>give the information to the pppd program, or in which config file I should
>put it.
>The DNS is '200.27.2.2', and the domain for the ISP is 'rdc.cl'
>
>It seems that the pppd program is working perfectly except for this little
>(major) detail, and at the end, right before quitting, it prints out my IP
>and my ISP's IP.  I have tried playing with the /etc/ppp/options file
>countless times, and still the same error occurs.  Another interesting
>thing: When I put 'defaultroute' into the options file, trying to ping
>somebody gives a "Permission denied." error (or something like that).  
>
>I still cannot get my kernel PPP (from pppd) connection to work.  Here is
>the '/etc/ppp/options' file:
>
>#
>/dev/cuaa0 115200
>crtscts
>modem
>connect 'chat -f /etc/ppp/dial.chat'
>domain rdc.cl
>demand
>user anders
>##defaultroute##
>idle 120
>#
>
>
>and here's '/etc/ppp/dial.chat'
>#
>ABORT BUSY
>ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
>TIMEOUT 5
>'' ATZ
>OK ATDT3111732
>TIMEOUT 40
>CONNECT
>#
>
>
>And my '/etc/ppp/pap-secrets'
>#
>anders * mypassword
>#
>
>If you know what is wrong, or you know where I specify my DNS address,
>because I (perhaps wrongly) feel that this is probably my problem, then I
>would really appreciate some help.  Like I said above, I have read all the
>docs and man pages, and I have "The Complete FreeBSD", which got me this
>far but does not mention the need for a DNS anywhere, unless I just missed
it.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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