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From: mike@mallard.demon.co.uk (Mike Zanker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: need ppp help
Date: 02 Jul 1995 19:59:12 GMT
Organization: Mallard Independent Internet Host, Milton Keynes, UK
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In-reply-to: patdude@ionet.net's message of 2 Jul 1995 16:49:43 GMT
>>>>> "Pat" == Pat McCann <patdude@ionet.net> writes:
Pat> I am able to establish a ppp connection but when I try to ftp
Pat> or telnet anywhere I have to specify the address instead of
Pat> the hostname. What am I missing?
A nameserver. If you haven't created the file /etc/resolv.conf the
resolver library will attempt to query a nameserver running on the
local machine. Your best bet would be to create /etc/resolv.conf with
the following contents:
domain your.domain.name
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
nameserver zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx etc. are the IP addresses of suitable
nameservers (e.g. your provider's servers).
You could also run a local (caching only) nameserver - however, this
is more complicated. See the man page for named if you are really
interested.
Mike
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