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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!news From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Connecting to the internet with PPP Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 14:37:57 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 37 Message-ID: <3240CE25.3006@OntheNet.com.au> References: <51ph9p$13c@hawk.pix.za> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: im@pixie.co.za im@pixie.co.za wrote: > > I have just installed FreeBSD on my PC. I have a modem > and an account with a service provider. I'm trying to > use ppp to connect to the internet. I dial up with ppp > and enter my login and password and I'm connected - I > think. I then use another window to run ftp, but I can't > access any ftp servers - it always says 'Host name > lookup error'. > > Can you help me or point me to somewhere where I could > find a solution to my problem. > > (I've tried to find a solution in the manual pages - but > I just go round in circles - too many terms I don't > understand) > > from Ian MacLarty (email im@pixie.co.za) Have you pointed your system at the ISP's name server? What is in your "/etc/resolv.conf" file? It should look something like- corolla# cat /etc/resolv.conf domain OntheNet.com.au nameserver 203.10.89.4 nameserver 203.10.89.2 nameserver 203.10.89.3 corolla# where the IP address(es) of your nearest name server(s) should be used! Also, you should be able to test you async link by using 'ping' to get to your router/terminal-server and then on to any BIND server, et al. Your ISP should have provided you with the IP addresses of these systems. Tony