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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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