Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 22:34:38 -0400 From: Benjamin George <BenG@thekeyboard.com> To: kellutz@telusplanet.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Connecting to ISP Problems Message-ID: <3713FEBE.C289202D@thekeyboard.com> References: <3714090E.E82E14EE@telusplanet.net>
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I doubt that the problem is having FreeBSD and Winblows 95 on the computer.
It sounds like it is in the DNS lookup, or the PPP config files. In your
/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup file you should have some lines like:
MYADDR: # or 'your_isp_name:', if you connect using "ppp -ddial
your_isp_name" (or ppp -auto or whatever).
delete ALL
add 0 0 HISADDR
That will make sure that you have a gateway address to your isp. When I
installed 3.1-Release, there was a comment that said this wasn't needed
anymore, but it didn't work without it for me. If that doesn't work, it's
probably in your DNS lookup (does it take a long time for it to tell you
that it can't find the domain name, or does it pop up right away?).
Patrick Lutz wrote:
> I have a machine that has both Windows95 and UNIX installed at home. In
> Windows, the modem works fine and I have no problems connecting to my
> ISP. In UNIX, however, I seem to have a problem connecting with my ISP
> properly. ppp is configured and seems to be working, dials the modem
> and logs me into the system.
>
> However, when I try to ftp ftp.freebsd.org, it can not find it. As
> well, when I look at the router tables or at the ifconfig -a for tun0, I
> am not able to ping any of the addresses that are in the table or in the
> ifconfig.
>
> I would like to be able to connect to ftp sites so that I can download a
> browser for UNIX so that I can receive mail and also access help on the
> 'Net. Because it is a home computer, and others must use it, I cannot
> remove Windows (I am not sure that it is causing a problem anyways.)
>
> Any advice as to how to make the connection work properly would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Patrick Lutz (kellutz@telusplanet.net)
>
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