Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 01:17:34 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Adam Bottchen <bottchen@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Couple of questions from a newbie... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971220011344.20917B-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <349B3F70.BA344FF9@mail.utexas.edu>
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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Adam Bottchen wrote: > Hello, I have recently installed Free-BSD 2.2.5 on a P90. I have a > couple of annoying problems... > > First, is my PPP setup. I configured PPP via the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf > and ppp.linkup files. The ppp executes fine, dials and connects to my > ISP. It grabs the gateway and local IP address fine. I can communicate > through the connection even (I have ftped several files.) But after > about 1-2 minutes, the connection will close. This is quite annoying. > I have researched this and found that it is usually due to a timeout > being set, yet I have not set one, all of my timeout values are 0. I > also noticed that the connection is closed if I quit out of the ppp > tool, which according to the documentation is not supposed to happen. > Are these known problems? Here are my files: Well, the connection closeing can be solves by adding this to your ppp.conf: deny lqr disable lqr If you quit ppp, of course the connection will close; ppp is no longer running. My advice is either A) If you're running X, run ppp on ttyv1, or B) look at /usr/ports/misc/screen; that's what I presently do. > Secondly, I have seen what I find to be curious behavior by the name > resolution on the system. I am a standalone system with a dialup PPP > link to the internet. I therefore am not a nameserver. I have local > name resolution coming from the /etc/hosts file. I have noticed that > forward resolution does not seem to work from the /etc/hosts file. My > files are as follows: > > /etc/resolv.conf > ---------------- > > domain sol.com > nameserver 128.83.185.40 > nameserver 128.83.185.41 > > /etc/host.conf > -------------- > > hosts > bind > > /etc/hosts > ---------- > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.sol.com > 10.0.0.3 earth earth.sol.com > > > I type "host 10.0.0.3" and it resolves. "host earth", "host > earth.sol.com", and "host earth.sol.com." all come back with "Host not > found, try again." This is the same for localhost as well. This seems > as though this is the simplest form of name resolution possible, and yet > it is not working. This of course is causing problems with other apps > including sendmail. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. My bet is the permissions. Make sure all the above files are mode 644. > Adam > Bottchen > > bottchen@mail.utexas.edu Hope it helps!! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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