Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:41:28 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: larry_nilsen <larry_nilsen@eee.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ping hostname Message-ID: <199811081141.LAA23479@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Nov 1998 09:52:28 PST." <364488DB.B5AF2196@eee.org>
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> Hi I have FREEBSD 2.2.7 installed > i would like to run ppp? > Question this is what it looks like > pppONcircle>term > working in interactivemode > Type ? for help > [] I've seen at least two answers to this question in response to your previous posts. Have you tried typing ``AT'' ? > this is all it gives me? i cant type nothing > because my cursor is gone and all i see is a > little white rectangle box just sitting there bottom > left corner i cant even type ? to get anything. > please what am i not doing to beable to dial my > isp.if this helps this is another message i see And I've already mentioned that you need ``~?'' not just ``?''. > circle# ping hostname > ping: cannot resolve hostname: host name > lookup failure. > is there away to fix this problem and if so > please" step by step how to instruction. > P.S. can you send me quick working > examples what im suppose to have in these > three files.im not going to be a server i just > want to dial my isp and connect to the internet. > /etc/host.conf hosts bind > /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost myhost.mydomain myhost > /etc/resolv.conf domain mydomain nameserver x.x.x.x nameserver y.y.y.y x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y should be supplied by your ISP. If you've got a static IP number, you'll have been given your hostname by your ISP. If not, pick something that's not likely to conflict with the rest of the world - say ending with .ln. > thankyou As I've asked in the past, are your sure your serial port is being recognised ? Have you tried ``dmesg | fgrep sio'' ? -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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