>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Greer : Information Systems : Ext Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
Darren> Ok here goes an effort to explain this properly: I am trying to
Darren> setup PPP on my newly installed RedHat 5.0 Linux Box. I have set
Darren> up my resolv.conf file so that it looks like this: domain
Darren> myprovider.com nameserver my.provider.name.server I know the
Darren> nameserver works. I connect in minicom, and exit without resetting
Darren> and then run pppd. I do an ifconfig and I can see that it has
Darren> assigned me IP (dynamically obviously). But when I try to ping
Darren> anything, it does not see anything. I have read the PPP-HOWTO but
Darren> (unfortunately for me) I am new to linux and have difficulty
Darren> following everthing at this point. If anyone can point me in the
Darren> right direction I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks,
This might be a dumb question but does your resolv.conf contain a network name
or an IP address? Your example shows 'nameserver my.provider.name.server'. If
you truly typed a name rather than its IP address, nothing will work. How can
the name be resolved to an address before you have a DNS to do the resolution?
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