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Date:      Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:45:51 -0500
From:      Lane <lane@joeandlane.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using pppoe : nameserver not provided?
Message-ID:  <200507172045.52282.lane@joeandlane.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050718011533.GB9862@mezzo.htnsrv.org>
References:  <200507171904.55938.lane@joeandlane.com> <20050718011533.GB9862@mezzo.htnsrv.org>

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On Sunday 17 July 2005 20:15, Frank Steinborn wrote:
> Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> schrieb:
> > Configuration was a breeze, and I have complete functionality.  However,
> > I can't determine what nameserver the pppoe connection is directing
> > FreeBSD to use.
> >
> > With the netgear router, the ISP nameserver was shown on the
> > configuration screen, so I had assumed that this value was provided by
> > the ISP's dhcp server.
>
> I guess you are missing the line "enable dns" in your ppp.conf. If you
> open the connection, you will get nameservers provided by your ISP and
> these will be written into /etc/resolv.conf automatically.
>
> HTH,
> steinex
>
DOHHHHHH!!!!

I had created a new label in ppp.conf, and completely overlooked "enable dns!"

Thanks!

I am resolv(ed)!

lane



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