Subject: Re: Programs hang when using pppd connection
To: Frederick Bruckman" , "Tony Tye <ttye@icubed.com>
From: Eric Delcamp <e.delcamp@wanadoo.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/30/1999 22:00:58
Hi !

I think that any providers should have at least 2 nameservers to register
with InterNIC, in differents networks.
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-----Message d'origine-----
De : Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
À : Tony Tye <ttye@icubed.com>
Cc : Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>; NetBSD i386 Mailing List
<port-i386@netbsd.org>
Date : dimanche 30 mai 1999 16:16
Objet : Re: Programs hang when using pppd connection


>On Sat, 29 May 1999, Tony Tye wrote:
>>  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).
>
>Try
>
>nameserver 208.0.145.2
>search infobahn.icubed.com
>
>I just did `nslookup - 208.0.145.2' to verify that your nameserver is
>OK. It's OK. Try that, too. If infobahn goes down for any reason,
>you'll have the same problem you described. Many network providers
>provide multiple nameservers for that reason--up to two for customers
>and two for outsiders.