Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 16:00:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Dave Leimbach <dleimbac@MPI-Softtech.Com> To: radhika_narendran@yahoo.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP configuration Message-ID: <200105292100.QAA09070@MPI-Softtech.Com>
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I think you should checkout the handbook. There is a section on this stuff. Its all I needed to get up and running. Dave >Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:33:58 -0700 (PDT) >From: Radhika Sambamurti <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com> >Subject: PPP configuration >To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG> >List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/>; (Web Archive) >List-Help: <mailto:majordomo?subject=help> (List Instructions) >List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-questions> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-questions> >X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Hi all, > >Im a newbie even though I come from the Linux world. >I recently set up freebsd 4.3. >I am having some trouble configuring PPP. > >The question are: >1) In the /etc/hosts file - do i replace the word LOCALHOST >with my specific hostname? > >I do not have a local domain name eg: foo.bar.com >My hostname consists of a single name and my hostname is >not the same as my ISP login name. Is this a problem? > >I want to dial in to my isp in interactive mode (when I >initiate connection) and not in demand mode. Do I have to >include the primary dns and secondary dns of my ISP in >resolv.conf? > >Thanks! >Radhika > >===== >It's all a matter of perspective. You can choose your view by choosing where to stand. >--Larry Wall > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices >http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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