Subject: Re: [i386] Problem with 'pppd'
To: zac speidel <pepsikid83@yahoo.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/03/2000 12:32:29
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 08:27:54PM -0700, zac speidel wrote:
>       Hello, Netbsd guru's
> 
>       I am having a problem with getting pppd to work
> proper with i386 netbsd 1.4. I execute pppd as
> follows, 'pppd call jps' (jps being my isp). My modem
> connects to my isp with no errors. However, when I try
> to ping a host or 'connect' to a host. It says that
> the hostname cannot be found. Did I not edit
> something? It seems as if I did.. I even tryed another
> account, same problem..

Sounds like you don't have a valid /etc/resolv.conf. It should look like:
search <domain_name>
nameserver <ip_addr>

where <domain_name> is the domain name you're in, and <ip_addr> the IP adress
of a DNS server from your provider (you can have several nameserver lines).

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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