Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:49:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: using the slirp emulator on remote host Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980420154732.30063A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980420151118.11510A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>
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Make sure you have a few DNS entries in your /etc/resolv.conf file. This file should look like the following: domain <domain name> nameserver <nameserver address> [nameserver <nameserver address>] [etc.] Othe rthan that, I don't know why it wouldn't connect. I use slirp 1.0c, and it works just fine. Joe Clarke On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote: > On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote: > > > For some reason this message was sent to me explicitly, so I'll respond. > > Slrip by default does use SLIP, but if you call it with the -P option, > > it will use PPP. For instance, for a 33.6 modem, use the following line > > to invoke slirp: > > > > slirp -P -b 115200 > > > > That will set up a PPP connection at 115200 bps. If I've done something > > wrong, I'm sorry. So I hope this message makes it to everyone it's > > supposed to. > > > > Joe Clarke > > I tried this in terminal mode (because it didn't work with scripts...), > and entered packet mode... It seemed to work but when I start lynx , it > just can't connect to nothing!!! > > > > > On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Doug White wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote: > > > > > > > Hi I know it's been long time since I asked you something, but I still > > > > need help with my ppp connection... I send this message to you two because > > > > you are the only ones who have been helping me on this... > > > > ( > > > > By the way I was wandering if it would be better if I posted back my > > > > replys to freebsd-questions too? You should have remarked that Ididn't do > > > > this to avoid overloading their mailbox with junk... > > > > ) > > > > > > I would prefer that posts are made back to the list so that they are > > > archived. > > > > > > > I include my ppp.conf file for more comprhension. My ISP prompts follow > > > > like this: > > > > > > > > umnet> derby.jsp // my server > > > > > > > > login: beaupran // my username > > > > password: ****** // ... > > > > > > > > [ messages from the server ...] > > > > > > > > derby101% // my UNIX prompt... > > > > > > > > derby101% slirp // the slirp emulator which I'll use > > > > > > Problem: SLiRP communicates using SLIP, NOT PPP. You need to configure > > > SLIP instead; see the Handbook for details. > > > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > > > > > > > > > > ############################### > ## Au nom de l'etat, ## > ## La force s'appelle droit. ## > ## Au main de l'individu, ## > ## Elle se nomme crime. ## > ## ## > ## -Berurier Noir ## > ############################### > > Spidey > > Visitez http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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