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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!hookup!swrinde!gatech!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!noc.near.net!shore.shore.net!rwwa.com!witr From: witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Need help with ppp configuration on FreeBSD Date: 2 Sep 1994 13:07:53 GMT Organization: North Shore Access, a service of Eco Software, Inc. Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: <347839$2i8@shore.shore.net> References: <ALEX.94Sep1080517@alex.earthlink.net> Reply-To: witr@rwwa.com NNTP-Posting-Host: rwwa.com In article <ALEX.94Sep1080517@alex.earthlink.net>, alex@alex.earthlink.net (Alexander Burchell) writes: |> ftp> open ftp.uu.net |> Connected to ftp.uu.net. |> 220 ftp.UU.NET FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Thu Apr 14 15:45:10 EDT 1994) ready. |> Name (ftp.uu.net:alex): anonymous |> 530- Sorry, we're unable to map your IP address 198.68.161.123 to a hostname This is ususally because uunet is a generally overloaded (and IMHO worthless) system. If you try again a little later (say a few minutes) your PTR will be in uunet's cache and it should work. Assuming your zone authority has things set up right. -- Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430 R.W. Withrow Associates, 319 Lynnway, Lynn MA 01901 USA, Net: witr@rwwa.COM