Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:16:14 -0400 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Soul Seeker" <galaxy@global-impact.com> Subject: RE: Can't Connect to ISP! Message-ID: <199810202029.QAA17829@laker.net>
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On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:08:34 -0400, Soul Seeker wrote: >> Then it says >> PPP ON SOUL> PACKET MODE >> then i open a new screen. by pushing ALT AND F3. >> i type in my login and password. >> then i type >> FTP then >> OPEN then >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/www/netsca >> pe4-commun >> icator.us/pkg/DESCR >> then it says UNKNOWN HOST. >> don't understand what is going on? >> >> is that specific enough? What i said is exactly what i did!!! Yes sir, that is specific enough!! The problem is that you need to specify the IP address of your ISP's nameserver in your /etc/resolv.conf In mine, I have: nameserver 192.168.1.254 nameserver 205.245.74.2 because I actually have two ISPs, in case one is down and I just have to get to the Internet right now!! Most implementations will support up to three, though this may increase in the not too distant future... If you don't know your ISPs nameserver IP address, just call them on their tech support voice line... You could actually use mine above, but name lookups will take a long time... Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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