From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 7 13:48:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02650 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 13:48:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.tds.net (mail.tds.net [204.246.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02644 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 13:48:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fritsch@madison.tds.net) Received: from madison.tds.net (mawiusr3-a33.madison.tds.net [204.71.148.33]) by mail.tds.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA22006 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 15:48:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35F449E7.1DD066A0@madison.tds.net> Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 16:02:31 -0500 From: Jeff Fritsche Reply-To: fritsch@madison.tds.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [Fwd: PPP Connection to ISP - Do I Need named ??] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------39AD1F3D5691C3F3100F09B2" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------39AD1F3D5691C3F3100F09B2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------39AD1F3D5691C3F3100F09B2 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Path: news.tds.net!news From: Jeff Fritsche Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: PPP Connection to ISP - Do I Need named ?? Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 15:59:16 -0500 Organization: TDSNET Internet Services(http://www.tds.net) Message-ID: <35F44924.25B0D058@madison.tds.net> Reply-To: fritsch@madison.tds.net NNTP-Posting-Host: mawiusr3-a33.madison.tds.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------34DC28863849E52DE3B86352" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) --------------34DC28863849E52DE3B86352 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have successfully been able to dial my ISP and log in. PPP goes into packet mode as expected. I am doing this all manually until I am comfortable with the process--i.e.: ppp set line /dev/cuaa1 set speed 14400 set timeout 0 term atdt ... (after logging in) ... PPP ON > delete all PPP ON> add default HISADDR I then switch over to another session and am able to PING the ISP's DNS (204.246.1.20). However, I cannot PING anything else--i.e. PING ftp.freebsd.org I get an error that there is no host route and it can't resolve the host name. Here is the output of netstat -rn: Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 204.246.15.105 UGSc 0 0 tun0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 32 lo0 204.246.15.105 204.71.148.187 UH 1 0 tun0 What do I need to do for the host names to be resolved to IP addresses ? Do I need to install named ? Where does the ISP's DNS address fit in? The gateway appears to be the ISP's side of the connection (204.246.15.105), but where (or does) the ISP's DNS need to be specified somewhere (204.246.1.20)? I also have NOT set up any of the ppp files (ppp.conf, ppp.linkup, etc.). HELP!--FreeBSD newbie. Thanks, Jeff Fritsche --------------34DC28863849E52DE3B86352 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have successfully been able to dial my ISP and log in.  PPP goes into packet mode as expected.

I am doing this all manually until I am comfortable with the process--i.e.:
ppp
set line /dev/cuaa1
set speed 14400
set timeout 0
term
atdt <phonenumber>
... (after logging in) ...
PPP ON > delete all
PPP ON> add default HISADDR

I then switch over to another session and am able to PING the ISP's DNS (204.246.1.20).

However, I cannot PING anything else--i.e. PING ftp.freebsd.org
I get an error that there is no host route and it can't resolve the host name.

Here is the output of netstat -rn:
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif Expire
default            204.246.15.105     UGSc        0        0      tun0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          0       32       lo0
204.246.15.105     204.71.148.187     UH          1        0      tun0

What do I need to do for the host names to be resolved to IP addresses ?  Do I need to install named ?
Where does the ISP's DNS address fit in?  The gateway appears to be the ISP's side of the connection (204.246.15.105), but where (or does) the ISP's DNS need to be specified somewhere (204.246.1.20)?

I also have NOT set up any of the ppp files (ppp.conf, ppp.linkup, etc.).

HELP!--FreeBSD newbie.

Thanks,
Jeff Fritsche
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