Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:56:38 -0700 From: "Alex Davidson" <alexd@idcomm.com> To: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, "FreeBSD Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to test my ISP connection Message-ID: <000801be0354$cd05d400$6000a8c0@alex-d>
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I tried pinging that IP and it says No route to host. Maybe it would help if I gave a little more info... My IP was set up in the install for the NIC as 192.168.0.2, 255.255.255.0 I type ppp I type load isp it then says: Warning: Add route failed: 0.0.0.0: errno: Network is unreachable I type dial it says: dial OK! login OK! Packet mode Nothing happens beyond that. I can do Show Modem and it will display my connection in seconds and it seems to increment until I type q. in the ppp.log it says: Phase: NewPhase: Authenticate Phase: his=CHAP, mine=none LCP: ChapInput: CHALLENGE LCP: Valsize=8, Name="ID" LCP: ChapOutput: RESPONSE LCP: ChapInput: FAILURE Last message repeated 16 times Last message repeated 23 times This is the log without trying the ping, just logging in for a time. Thanks, Alex -----Original Message----- From: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: Alex Davidson <alexd@idcomm.com>; FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 10:06 AM Subject: Re: How to test my ISP connection >On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:23:42 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: > >>Now that I suspect ppp is connecting to my ISP successfully I want to test the >>connection by running ftp or lynx. However, when I type lynx it doesn't know >>what I'm talking about so maybe it's not installed (where would I find it if it >>is installed?). ftp works but what is the syntax to connect to a site? I have >>trid ftp ftp.netscape.com and it says it can't connect to the site. > >You should direct questions of a technical nature, such as this one, to >-questions, or you will suffer the *wrath* of Sue!! > >Anyway, try to ping an IP address. Don't use a name. Try a known host, >like www.ibm.com which is at 204.146.18.33 >ping 204.146.18.33 and see if you get return packets. You probably >will, indicating that your ppp connection is in fact ok. Then try to >ping www.ibm.com with their name: >ping www.ibm.com > >That probably won't work because you probably don't have a nameserver >defined in /etc/resolv.conf > >You need to know your ISP's nameserver address. He should have two; >primary and secondary DNS. >put that info in /etc/resolv.conf See man resolv.conf for information. > >Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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