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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: question about ppp.. Date: 10 Jul 1996 18:31:16 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4s0pd4$as@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <31E1217B.3489@gol.com> <31E1C764.167EB0E7@eramp.net> <31E298B8.AC4@gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I-Lin Wang (ilin@gol.com) wrote: ..... : 07-10 01:50:55 [246] LCP: Received Configure Request (1) state = Stopped (3) ..... : 07-10 01:50:56 [246] OsLinkup: 206.159.79.4 ..... : 1:53am <~> ping akira.mit.edu : ping: unknown host akira.mit.edu : 1:54am <~> ping 18.71.0.58 : PING 18.71.0.58 (18.71.0.58): 56 data bytes : ping: sendto: No route to host ..... : ====================================================================== : PPP ON ilin> show route : default 18.250.0.1 ffffffff UG (1) : 18.250.0.0 6.0.0.0 00000000 U (1) : 18.250.0.1 6.0.0.0 ffffffff UH (1) : 18.250.0.26 6.0.6.0 ffffffff UH (2) : 18.250.0.255 6.0.0.0 ffffffff UH (1) : 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 ffffffff UH (2) : 202.243.48.4 18.250.0.1 ffffffff UGH (1) : 202.243.48.5 18.250.0.1 ffffffff UGH (1) : 206.159.79.4 206.159.79.48 ffffffff UH (4) : 206.159.79.57 127.0.0.1 ffffffff UH (2) Hmm, what does "netstat -rn" say ? You can't really get a "No route to host" error when you've got a default - I thought. Also, can you tell us what "ifconfig -a" says ? As far as the "unknown host akira.mit.edu" bit is concerned, do a "man resolv.conf" -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....