Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:44:18 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com> To: sctate@vt.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP question Message-ID: <199610100844.BAA06820@foo.primenet.com> References: <325C96EB.6C1@vt.edu>
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In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >I am not sure how to fix this problem. I followed the manual step for >step on using ppp for dial up networking. I dial up using >ppp...term...ATDT then the number. I log into the sever, and it appears >that it was successful. But, when I try to run any applications like >telnet or ftp, it says host name lookup failure. I Did what the manual >said to do to the resolv.conf file, including the addresses of the >nameservers, what should I do? Scott Tate > sctate@vt.edu > Virginia Tech This sounds like a connection problem. After you do the term command, did you type the following at the PPP> prompt? ADD 0 0 HISADDR Try doing this, then trying your telnets. -- bryan k ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/
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