Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:47:21 +0200 From: "GDB" <g-d-b@freegates.be> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: I want to smurf the Internet using Netscape. How? Message-ID: <000a01c009d3$3d42a0a0$350e23d4@gdb>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I have a simple modem on com3. Now I want to surf the Internet using Netscape Navigator 3 (because it's on my FreeBSD 3.2 4 CD set -- Communicator 4 is also on the set but doesn't want to run.). Now I do: #ppp<enter> ...> dial provider<enter> ppp>... . . . PPP><I don't do anything anymore at this point> In an xterm window, I do: #netscape& But Netscape says: Netscape is unable to locate the server: home.netscape.com. The server does not have a DNS entry. my etc/host.conf file: hosts bind my etc/resolv.conf: nameserver <my ISP DNS1> nameserver <my ISP DNS2> my etc/hosts: <same as on the CD set, I didn't change anything> What am I doing wrong? PS: in ppp, I also get a "silo overflow" message: is it save to ignore this? [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4030.2400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a simple modem on com3. Now I want to surf the Internet using Netscape Navigator 3 (because it's on my FreeBSD 3.2 4 CD set -- Communicator 4 is also on the set but doesn't want to run.).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I do:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#ppp<enter></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...> dial provider<enter></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ppp>...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PPP><I don't do anything anymore at this point></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In an xterm window, I do:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#netscape&</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But Netscape says: Netscape is unable to locate the server: home.netscape.com. The server does not have a DNS entry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>my etc/host.conf file:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hosts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bind</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>my etc/resolv.conf:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>nameserver <my ISP DNS1></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>nameserver <my ISP DNS2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>my etc/hosts:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><same as on the CD set, I didn't change anything></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What am I doing wrong?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS: in ppp, I also get a "silo overflow" message: is it save to ignore this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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