Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:47:55 -0400 From: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu> To: dankilling@hotmail.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape configuration Message-ID: <392C15CB.73E6B4A9@eng.ufl.edu>
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> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 20:17:09 +0530 > From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: Re: Netscape configuration > > Daniel Killingsworth said on May 23, 2000 at 10:42:38: > > Hi all, > > > > I have finally gotten a stable connection to my ISP via modem, and am having > > difficulties accessing the web with Netscape. I keep getting server not > > found errors, and I am fairly certain that this is because the DNS server is > > not listed in my IP address list....they use DHCP on the PPP connection, but > > I still cannot use my browser. I can ftp using an IP address, so I know the > > connection is good, but can anyone help me configure my browser to function > > properly? > > Edit /etc/resolv.conf, and insert the IP address of your ISP's DNS server. > > Rahul. > > Or edit your /etc/ppp.conf file and add "enable dns", which should then cause ppp to attempt to get the nameserver addresses from the ISP when the connection is negotiated, and it will adjust /etc/resolv.conf accordingly. Or do both! -- Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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