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Date:      Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:11:48 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com>
Cc:        Darrell Brown <darrellbrown@tcainternet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: frustrated and furious
Message-ID:  <20000911121148.L12231@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000911121907.3538B-100000@utah>; from jcwells@nwlink.com on Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 12:21:49PM -0700
References:  <B5E2929B.1F0%darrellbrown@tcainternet.com> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000911121907.3538B-100000@utah>

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* Jason C. Wells <jcwells@nwlink.com> [000911 12:09] wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Darrell Brown wrote:
> 
> > on 9/11/00 1:50 PM, Jason C. Wells at jcwells@nwlink.com wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Darrell Brown wrote:
> 
> > >> I'm having a difficult time loading the distribution files over ftp. 
> > >> Everytime I try and download the files, I receive 'unable to resolve
> > >> ftp.freebsd.org' Then it asks me to make sure my gateway, name server
> > and IP >> address is correct, which my ISP confirmed. can you please
> > help me??? 
> 
> > I'm connecting with a modem and I hear it dialing and logging in, but it
> > always says that it can't resolve ftp.freebsd.org.
> 
> I am CC-ing this back to the list where the brains are.  Perhaps someone
> has had this trouble who can help you.

I would hit alt+f2 to see the debug console and let us know what's going
on, you may also want to turn on debug options in the 'options' menu.

thanks,
-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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