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Date:      Sat, 07 Nov 1998 23:39:37 -0500
From:      "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
To:        "Alex Davidson" <alexd@idcomm.com>, "FREEBSD-QUESTIONS MS" <FREEBSD-QUESTIONS@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PPP Still not working
Message-ID:  <199811080441.XAA11789@laker.net>

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On Sat, 07 Nov 1998 22:52:26 -0500, Steve Friedrich wrote:

>On Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:50:00 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote:
>
>>Well I am still not able to connect successfully to my ISP.  To recap, I can
>>dial and connect but can't ping.  No-one here has noticed a particular
>>problem with my ppp.conf file.
>
>When you ping'ed, did you you a host name or an ip address??  Use an IP
>address first (the one for a machine at your local ISP will suffice). 
>If that works, then the link is good.  Then try the same machine as the
>ip address, but use it's name.  If that fails, it's probably because
>you have configured a name server in /etc/resolv.conf.

I made a couple typos...

>When you ping'ed, did you you a host name or an ip address??  Use an IP
...did you use...

>you have configured a name server in /etc/resolv.conf.
you have not configured...
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