Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 08:46:29 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: guelph@tpts5.seed.net.tw Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP interface setting Message-ID: <19970819084629.04821@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <33F83BC4.5CD5@tpts5.seed.net.tw>; from Gordon Wang on Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 08:10:44PM %2B0800 References: <33F57369.719A@tpts5.seed.net.tw> <33F5D210.236C@tpts5.seed.net.tw> <33F7FF70.22A8@tpts5.seed.net.tw> <33F83BC4.5CD5@tpts5.seed.net.tw>
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On Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 08:10:44PM +0800, Gordon Wang wrote: > Dear sir > I am a FreeBSD 2.2.1 user. > I have questions about PPP interface setting. > I am a dial-up isp user of a internet service company. > > > questions:-------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hostname: Gordon.my.domain ( I set hostname to Gordon.my.domain. > I think it's right) > > Domain name: my.domain ( I think it's right,too.) No, this is *definitely* wrong. Ask your ISP. > Gateway:??????? (About Gateway, Should I ask my ISP sevice company? > Or this can be left empty?) No, this can't be left empty. Ask your ISP. If you don't have a local net, the value is probably non-critical. > Name server:????? (Should I put in the IP address of the server which > I connected to every time I browsed around the web > in the win95 environment?) Yes, that's a good idea. > IP address:???????( What IP address should I put here?) Ask your ISP. > Netmask:255.255.255.0 (I think this is corrct,just like what I put in > Win95. ) It's wrong (should be 255.255.255.255), but in your environment it won't make any difference what value you put there. Greg
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