Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-21 Thread Jack
Hi This time I configured as simple as possible with minimal settings, and voila things worked. I successfully connected to internet in both cases - DHCP server disabled in adsl modem, and DHCP server enabled in adsl modem. Thanks all of you guys for helping. :) Here are config files: ##

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-20 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:42:31 +0530, Jack wrote: Hi again, This time I disabled DHCP on my fxp0 interface and in my adsl modem too. But the problem still exists. This time I tried both approaches: assigned an IP address explicitly to fxp0, and then no explicit assignment to fxp0. That

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-20 Thread RW
On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:42:31 +0530 Jack wrote: Hi again, This time I disabled DHCP on my fxp0 interface and in my adsl modem too. But the problem still exists. This time I tried both approaches: assigned an IP address explicitly to fxp0, and then no explicit assignment to fxp0. I'd

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-19 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:03:50 +0100, RW wrote: On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:38:47 +0530 Jack wrote: /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by resolvconf nameserver 192.168.1.1 If 192.168.1.1 is the modem, how can it be a proxy nameserver? It doesn't have an internet connection if it's not

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-19 Thread Jack
Hi again, This time I disabled DHCP on my fxp0 interface and in my adsl modem too. But the problem still exists. This time I tried both approaches: assigned an IP address explicitly to fxp0, and then no explicit assignment to fxp0. I still don' get why FreeBSD is having trouble connecting via

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-18 Thread RW
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:38:47 +0530 Jack wrote: My network schematic is: PC --- ADSL modem - Internet 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.1 ... /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by resolvconf nameserver 192.168.1.1 If 192.168.1.1 is the modem, how can it be a proxy

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-17 Thread Jack
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: On 16 Oct 2012, at 16:38, Jack jacks.1...@gmail.com wrote: I 'll try mpd5. Thanks. Actually, I was concerned with userland ppp, becoz of the scenarios where we have a FreeBSD machine and the only way to connect to

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-17 Thread Jack
Hi, Thank you guys for your suggestions, and sharing your experiences with me. This time I deleted old /var/log/ppp.log file, and I did modify /etc/ppp/ppp.conf - just the location of ifaddr line is changed and some more logging options set -nothing else is changed. . The file is this

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-16 Thread Mark Blackman
On 16 Oct 2012, at 16:08, Jack jacks.1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm new as a FreeBSD user, and trying to configure my pppoe connection. [snip] fxp0 is the ethernet interface of my PC via which adsl modem is connected. Any suggestions ... Consider using the ports mpd5 daemon for a

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-16 Thread Jack
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: On 16 Oct 2012, at 16:08, Jack jacks.1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm new as a FreeBSD user, and trying to configure my pppoe connection. [snip] fxp0 is the ethernet interface of my PC via which adsl modem is

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-16 Thread Mark Blackman
On 16 Oct 2012, at 16:38, Jack jacks.1...@gmail.com wrote: I 'll try mpd5. Thanks. Actually, I was concerned with userland ppp, becoz of the scenarios where we have a FreeBSD machine and the only way to connect to internet is an adsl modem in bridge mode (assuming the mode in modem, can't

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-16 Thread Mark Blackman
On 16 Oct 2012, at 16:49, Mark Blackman m...@exonetric.com wrote: On 16 Oct 2012, at 16:38, Jack jacks.1...@gmail.com wrote: I 'll try mpd5. Thanks. Actually, I was concerned with userland ppp, becoz of the scenarios where we have a FreeBSD machine and the only way to connect to

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-16 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2012-10-16 20:38:47 UTC+0530, Jack (jacks.1...@gmail.com) wrote: I'm new as a FreeBSD user, and trying to configure my pppoe connection. After reading handbook and searching on various forums, I prepared the ppp.conf file, and tried starting the ppp via # ppp -ddial adsl Here

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-16 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:38:47 +0530, Jack wrote: I'm new as a FreeBSD user, and trying to configure my pppoe connection. I've been using PPPoE with a DSL modem for many years, using FreeBSD 4, 5 and 7 with the system's PPPoE tools. The IP was provided to the computer directly, so no DHCP in the

[OT] name resolution... ( was Re: FreeBSD Traffic Shaping )

2008-04-03 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:55:05 +1100 Terry Sposato [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norberto Meijome wrote: On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:43:20 +0200 Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you'll find that bursts are best counteracted like this:

Re: Name resolution solved

2007-10-30 Thread jekillen
Hello again: I solved the problem with the name resolution associated with installing ports via ftp, portsnap. 1. I found an erroneous entry in routing tables and removed it and rebooted. There was no route to the default gateway because there was another erroneous gateway entry before it. I

Re: Name resolution

2007-10-28 Thread Erik Osterholm
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:42:02PM -0700, jekillen wrote: I set up a system with a static ip connection to the internet I checked inetd.conf and resolv.conf. Just FYI, inetd.conf shouldn't matter here, as it has to do with running a server, not accessing one. look in resolv.conf, there was

Name resolution

2007-10-27 Thread jekillen
Hello: I have been trying to tame the use of the ports mechanisms. I set up a system with a static ip connection to the internet and when I run: pkg_add -r csup-without-gui (verbatim from the freebsd handbook I downloaded just a few days ago) I get this: Error: FTP Unable to get

Re: Name resolution

2007-10-27 Thread RW
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:42:02 -0700 jekillen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: I have been trying to tame the use of the ports mechanisms. I set up a system with a static ip connection to the internet and when I run: pkg_add -r csup-without-gui (verbatim from the freebsd handbook I

Re: Name resolution

2007-10-27 Thread jekillen
On Oct 27, 2007, at 4:54 PM, RW wrote: On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:42:02 -0700 jekillen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: I have been trying to tame the use of the ports mechanisms. I set up a system with a static ip connection to the internet and when I run: pkg_add -r csup-without-gui (verbatim

Re: Name resolution

2007-10-27 Thread James
thank you; your right it is cvsup, but the handbook indicates that I could use csup in place of cvsup in the command line on v6.2 and up. But that does not seem to effect the resolver issue (unless I am mistaken here and the resolver is actually working and it is just the reference) Jeff

Re: sendmail name resolution

2007-03-19 Thread Derek Ragona
Sendmail uses the system calls to resolve names. You need to check: /etc/nsswitch.conf In that file check the hosts line, this gives the order for hostname resolution, typically it is files then dns. Then you should check your /etc/hosts file to be sure that localhost is there and correct.

Re: sendmail name resolution

2007-03-19 Thread jekillen
On Mar 19, 2007, at 3:17 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: Sendmail uses the system calls to resolve names. You need to check: /etc/nsswitch.conf In that file check the hosts line, this gives the order for hostname resolution, typically it is files then dns. Then you should check your /etc/hosts

sendmail name resolution

2007-03-18 Thread jekillen
Hello: Where does sendmail look to find out who it is? Resolve.conf? It keeps throwing up messages that it cannot resolve the name localhost, or that is the way I am interpreting the messages. FreeBSD v6.2 generic Thanks in advance; Jeff K ___

Re: Question on FreeBSD name resolution

2003-09-25 Thread Ryan Merrick
the TCP (or at least FTP, WWW Telnet) programs are having an issue with resolving the name. My guess is that they are timing out through trying to resolve via one means, and therefore then try a DNS resolve. Is there a way to determine the order in which the system currently does name resolution? I

Re: Question on FreeBSD name resolution

2003-09-25 Thread Jett Tayer
start with your /etc/hosts. it is first looked up then your bind \jett I just installed 5.1 and have been playing around with it, but I am troubled by an issue with my network configuration. I apologize if this is the wrong list, it seemed to be the most appropriate. I want to at least

Re: Question on FreeBSD name resolution

2003-09-25 Thread charles pelletier
You need to create a resolv.conf file. Your BSD box does not have the required information to be able to resolve ip addresses with FQDNs and it needs to have that information. --charlie _ Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of

Question on FreeBSD name resolution

2003-09-24 Thread chris
(or at least FTP, WWW Telnet) programs are having an issue with resolving the name.  My guess is that they are timing out through trying to resolve via one means, and therefore then try a DNS resolve.  Is there a way to determine the order in which the system currently does name resolution?  I looked

Re: localhost name resolution problem

2003-04-01 Thread Toomas Aas
Hello! # host localhost localhost.my.domain is a nickname for my.domain my.domain has address 202.x.x.x Someone suggested I check localhost.: # host localhost. Host not found. AFAIK the host command doesn't use /etc/hosts. No matter what is specified in /etc/host.conf, the host

Re: localhost name resolution problem

2003-04-01 Thread W. Sierke
of the (IPv4) localhost entry, sendmail was resolving localhost to my internet IP address, rather than 127.0.0.1. It was suggested to me that the name resolution method that sendmail uses would not use /etc/hosts anyway and since that matched my own experience I'm inclined to think it's true, that's

localhost name resolution problem

2003-03-31 Thread W. Sierke
Hi, In the course of trying to resolve a problem with sendmail (refusing to deliver even local mail), I saw a note in the sendmail configuration docs which says host localhost must resolve to 127.0.0.1. However, when I checked my system I instead found (details obscured): # host localhost

Re: localhost name resolution problem

2003-03-31 Thread Ryan Merrick
W. Sierke wrote: Hi, In the course of trying to resolve a problem with sendmail (refusing to deliver even local mail), I saw a note in the sendmail configuration docs which says host localhost must resolve to 127.0.0.1. However, when I checked my system I instead found (details obscured): # host