Re: cannot connect to an ISP with ppp
+++ Juha Erkkila [freebsd] [27-12-02 11:03 +0200]: | On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:56:40AM -0600, Shane Kinney wrote: | > I'm certainly no expert on ppp, however, it seems that your going to | > want to add a dns entry to the /etc/resolv.conf file. Talk to your ISP | > and find out what you need to use for a dns server, then add the | > information like this: | > | > nameserver 201.101.101.101 | > | > Or whatever they give you for an IP address. Don't know if that will | > solve all of your problems but it will help eventually :) | | well, my ISP does support giving out DNS server addresses if it is | asked to, and i did `enable dns' in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, so i think | i shouldn't need to put anything to /etc/resolv.conf. i tried out | putting some nameserver addresses there (asking my ISP), but no, it | didn't work out :-( i think i should talk to some guys there and | see if they can help me out. thanks for your help anyway | why not run named, as a caching local server? Only few steps to turn it on. Regards, Shantanu -- Everyone is a genius. It's just that some people are too stupid to realize it. msg13423/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cannot connect to an ISP with ppp
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:56:40AM -0600, Shane Kinney wrote: > I'm certainly no expert on ppp, however, it seems that your going to > want to add a dns entry to the /etc/resolv.conf file. Talk to your ISP > and find out what you need to use for a dns server, then add the > information like this: > > nameserver 201.101.101.101 > > Or whatever they give you for an IP address. Don't know if that will > solve all of your problems but it will help eventually :) well, my ISP does support giving out DNS server addresses if it is asked to, and i did `enable dns' in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, so i think i shouldn't need to put anything to /etc/resolv.conf. i tried out putting some nameserver addresses there (asking my ISP), but no, it didn't work out :-( i think i should talk to some guys there and see if they can help me out. thanks for your help anyway -- People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. -- A P Herbert, Uncommon Law To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: cannot connect to an ISP with ppp
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Juha Erkkila wrote: > hello again, > > i installed FreeBSD 4.7, and it seems i can't get a ppp connection > to my ISP to work. > aot# cat /etc/resolv.conf > cat: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory I'm certainly no expert on ppp, however, it seems that your going to want to add a dns entry to the /etc/resolv.conf file. Talk to your ISP and find out what you need to use for a dns server, then add the information like this: nameserver 201.101.101.101 Or whatever they give you for an IP address. Don't know if that will solve all of your problems but it will help eventually :) ~Shane pgp key: http://www.freebsdhackers.net/pgp -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+Aew8tGSLUf7ussURAh/SAJwNPMJGy2cZxpqB2TSQN9Oj9VmouQCcCRZq oveW+E4FLa6C/XhwX+dg9dQ= =h91x -END PGP SIGNATURE- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
