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Date:      Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:33:19 -0500
From:      "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
To:        "Alex Davidson" <alexd@idcomm.com>, "FreeBSD Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: How to test my ISP connection
Message-ID:  <199811212038.PAA09401@laker.net>

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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:20:26 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote:

>I now have a ppp.linkup with the following section:
>
>isp:
> delete ALL
> add 0 0 HISADDR
> !bg /etc/ppp/ppp/etherup.isp
>
>Still nothing.

Once it appears to connect, try:
ping 204.146.18.33

That's www.ibm.com
If the ping works, your connection is up.
Then try:
ping www.ibm.com
This will probably fail because you probably don't have your ISPs
nameserver listed in /etc/resolv.conf
see man resolv.conf

Let us know how it goes...



Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes.



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