Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 11:46:41 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: ejs@bfd.com (Eric J. Schwertfeger) Cc: current@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help setting up user ppp and dial-on demand Message-ID: <199604150216.LAA14971@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960414140339.26181E-100000@harlie.bfd.com> from "Eric J. Schwertfeger" at Apr 14, 96 02:31:57 pm
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Eric J. Schwertfeger stands accused of saying: > > The problem seems to be that the system insists on having the PPP link up > before it will allow any traffic. Even "telnet 127.0.0.1" blocks until > the PPP link is established. Your name resolution setup is wrong. Make sure you have 'hosts' listed before 'bind' in /etc/host.conf, and that all of your hosts and all their aliases are named in /etc/hosts. You might also want to configure a caching-only nameserver. Consult the 'named' manpage and the O'Reilly "DNS and Bind" book for details on this. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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