From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 7 18:20:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA11922 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 18:20:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA11911 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 18:20:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (root@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA01002; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 02:03:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA03583; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 02:05:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199809080105.CAA03583@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: fritsch@madison.tds.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: PPP Connection to ISP - Do I Need named ??] In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Sep 1998 16:02:31 CDT." <35F449E7.1DD066A0@madison.tds.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 02:05:45 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. Take a look at resolv.conf(5) (``man resolv.conf''). If you're running a recent ppp (from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html or -current) you can try ``enable dns'' to see if the remote ppp will tell you the IP - letting ppp update resolv.conf automatically. > Thanks, > Jeff Fritsche -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message