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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!news 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 Lines: 28 Message-ID: <32404A4D.302E@www.play-hookey.com> References: <51ph9p$13c@hawk.pix.za> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) 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 Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |