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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)
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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