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From: "Michael Raisis" <mraisis@ozemail.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Network routing on freeBSD
Date: 28 Mar 1997 13:52:12 GMT
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I am trying to get my pc connected to the net via my
isp and have a couple of questions about setting up
PPP and networking.

I have configured PPP and can dial out and connect to the
ISP.  I have added the ip address of the primary and secondary
DNS to /etc/resolv.conf.  When I try and ping an address on the
net I get a lookup error, then when I try and do a nslookup the
system can't reach the nameservers - network unreachable.

I think this is a routing problem as the DNS (203.2.193.124)
are on a different network from the terminal server(s) that I
connect to when I dial in and there is no route in the routing
table.  

Also the handbook explains that the gateway address is
needed to correctly configure the system for PPP.  I have
my windows 95 system configured to dial-in to the same
isp and it is configured to use the "default gateway on remote network"
Is there a way of setting up freeBSD to use the default gateway?

thanks