From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 24 20:20:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10986 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 20:20:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.shianet.org (alpha.shianet.org [205.138.41.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10972 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 20:20:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from onet@shianet.org) Received: from sean (port45.owosso05.tir.com [209.54.155.92]) by alpha.shianet.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA24039 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 23:19:46 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002701bd2948$59fd5280$5c9b36d1@sean> From: "Sean Heiney" To: Subject: PPP problems Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 23:18:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0024_01BD291E.6E1B9120" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BD291E.6E1B9120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, =20 I recentally set up FreeBSD(2.2.5-RELEASE) on my home system. In my = efforts to set up ppp (dial up/dynamic ip address) I have got pretty = far. I'm sure I have all my conf files setup correctally. I've double = checked them. I set up my script to connect to my ISP, and it works. It = will go into packet mode and successfully connect. At this point, I = type "shell" in the ppp program after I dialed, to be able to execute = commands while in the same terminal. As far as I know, when I'm = connected, FreeBSD doesn't know that I'm connected. When I try to "ping = rs.internic.net" or any other server, I get an error message along the = lines of "host not found" or "destination not reachable" or something = like that. I'm not sure of the exact error message. The point is that I = can not contact any other hosts while I'm connected. I have my = nameservers setup right, and my resolv.conf, and every other conf file = according to the FreeBSD handbook on PPP setup. What are the possible = causes of this problem? =20 =20 =20 Thanks alot, =20 Sean Heiney (sean@owosso.net) ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BD291E.6E1B9120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 

 
Hello,
 
I recentally set up FreeBSD(2.2.5-RELEASE) on my = home system.=20 In my efforts to set up ppp (dial up/dynamic ip address) I have got = pretty far.=20 I'm sure I have all my conf files setup correctally. I've double checked = them. I=20 set up my script to connect to my ISP, and it works. It will go into = packet mode=20 and successfully connect. At this  point, I type "shell" = in the=20 ppp program after I dialed, to be able to execute commands while in the = same=20 terminal. As far as I know, when I'm connected, FreeBSD  doesn't = know that=20 I'm connected. When I try to "ping rs.internic.net" or any = other=20 server, I get an error message along the lines of "host not = found" or=20 "destination not reachable" or something like that. I'm = not  sure=20 of the exact error message. The point is that I can not contact any = other =20 hosts while I'm connected. I have my nameservers setup right, and my=20 resolv.conf, and every other conf  file according to the FreeBSD = handbook=20 on PPP setup. What are the possible causes of this problem?
 
 
 
Thanks alot,
 

Sean Heiney = (sean@owosso.net)
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