Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:46:32 -0500 From: gkaplan <gkaplan@castle.net> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -> browser Message-ID: <36C09098.C17BD2C1@castle.net> References: <36BCFB0C.7D910513@castle.net> <36BD88A0.1414A443@uk.radan.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E2C06AF402AE932D52FFDF48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The attached is the result of my last attempt to run lynx. It does show that PPP went into packet transmission mode and then failed. Mark Ovens wrote: > Gilbert Kaplan wrote: > > > > I have a pnp modem installed . When executing user ppp under 2.2.8 I am > > able to connect to my isp where the user and password are accepted. From > > that point I am at a loss as to how to proceed. I have tried invoking > > lynx at the ppp prompt; > > You don't start your browser from the ppp prompt. As you're using Lynx > am I right in thinking you're not running X?. If this is the case, > change to a different vt (Alt-Fn) and run Lynx there. > I do have Xwindows running, but I am not comfortable with it yet . > > but in fact I don't understand the relationship > > of the browser task to the parent process . > > If a ppp connection is established (i.e. the ``PPP'' in the ppp prompt > is _all_ upper case) then all you need to do is enter a URL. If that > doesn't work, check that all the peripheral config files for ppp are > setup, /etc/host.conf, /etc/resolv.conf, and /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup. The > last one might not be necessary depending on the ppp source code version > you used. If you're running the ppp that came on the CD then you will > need it. > > > Is there a log that would > > help me correlate my keyboard input with activity over the communication > > line? How is the browser process associated with the communication line? > > ( does it involve an configuration file or is it know by default as a > > result of being a spawned process ?) > I have found a transaction log for ppp located at /var/log/ppp.log by > Maybe someone will give a more technical asnswer to this, but the > association is through TCP/IP, the info in the files mentioned above > define the address of the DNS nameserver(s) and setup the route to them. > That's the beauty of Unix, TCP and stuff is such a fundamental part of > the OS that these things work automagically :-) > > HTH. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Q. How many Software Engineers does it take to change a light bulb? > A. None. It's a hardware problem > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. 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