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Date:      Mon, 5 May 1997 02:14:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bryan Liesner <bleez@netaxs.com>
To:        Daniel Keller <dkeller@psln.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems connecting to the internet
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970505020422.276A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199705050513.WAA25630@psln1.psln.com>

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On Sun, 4 May 1997, Daniel Keller wrote:

> Now my new problem: I have all my files set up as is described in the
> handbook. I can tell ppp to dial, it dials and connects and logs in fine.
> Then I switch to another terminal and try ping. If I try "ping localhost" I
> get:
> 
> Ping: send to: Permission denied
> Ping: wrote localhost 64 chars, ret=-1
> 

When you say all files, did you set up resolv.conf, host.conf, and hosts?
If not, check these files out -

resolv.conf     should have at least one line with:
nameserver      XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <- your isp's nameserver address

hosts          should have (minimally):
127.0.0.1      localhost <- there should be a sample in your /etc

host.conf     (which I believe is already set up in /etc):   
hosts 
bind


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