Try using the -n flags on ping, etc to tell it to not do
name resolution. Then try the tests.

On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 10:37:01PM -0700, Tony Tye wrote:
> 
> 
> Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> 
> > That means pppd is done! Can you ping by ip address? Then, to use
> > hostnames, you need to supply the ip of a nameserver or two in
> > /etc/resolv.conf. For details, see the man page for resolv.conf.
> 
>  No, I can't ping the host because ping, like telnet and ftp, simply hangs
> when I try to run it. And I think my /etc/resolv.conf is okay, something like
> 
> search infobahn.icubed.com
> 208.0.145.2
> 
> (I can't quote the actual file since I'm not running NetBSD right now since I
> can't access the Internet from it yet).
> 
> --
> Tony Tye
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> 
> 

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