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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Connecting to the internet with PPP
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 19:15:25 +0000
Organization: Erol's Internet Services
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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)
> 

That error message means the system can't find a nameserver with that
hostname. Make sure you have the IP addresses of one or more nameservers
listed in /etc/resolv.conf  .
-- 

Ken

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