Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 10:07:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: thekork@xtdl.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP setup Need Help! Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960604100456.7125D-100000@maryann.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199606041333.JAA06182@user.xtdl.com>
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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996 thekork@xtdl.com wrote: > Hi there. Well, I am running FreeBSD, 2.1.0 and have been tring to setup PPP. > I can get it to dial out, and then connect to my ISP, and then my ISP issues me > my IP address, the problem that I am having is that I cannot do ANY activities > with it. Everytime I try PING or telnet, it comes up with an error message. If > I try to run netscape, it says there is no DNS. WHat is happening? I don't understand it! At a guess, you didn't set a nameserver address in your /etc/resolv.conf file. If it were me, I would put several nameservers in that file, because if you only put one, and that one stops for any reason, you're out of luck. Do a 'man 5 resolver'. > > Help! > > JAson "thekork" korkin > > e-mail: thekork@xtdl.com > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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