Thanks, all. Yes, there has to be a DNS, but there's a chance that 1. we haven't been told what it is; 2. our connection/hardware hasn't been authorized to connect to it or know what it is (yes, it's that kind of place)
There is no other internet connection. We've been given a host name, not an internal IP address to connect to. We're also hearing that we're the first folks connecting via this ultra-locked down LTE network for IOT devices, so maybe they forgot to provision some services On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 3:11 PM Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > PPP does not require a dns server address to be provided. > But most folks do provide one because it would make for LOTS of support > calls to not hand out your DNS servers. > > Is there a DNS on the network that your connecting to at all? > If not then you wll likely be forecd to use the /etc/hosts file to add > in the IP addresses of the target systems. > > > > On 2023-02-28 14:50, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > > Hey - we've got a fun little problem happening right now. > > > > We're connecting a Linux box via LTE to a client's private network. > > They want us to connect to a host on that network and upload files via > > sftp. We've demonstrated that all of this works with every other LTE > > network, but in their walled garden LTE network, they're not returning > > any DNS server, so we can't find the host at all. This network does > > not have access to public DNS. > > > > Does one usually have to poke a ppp connection a little more to get > > useful routing information, or should we have "just got" all the > > gateway and DNS details on first connection? > > > > Stewart > > (as you can tell, I'm not a network person, but we might appreciate > > finding one and paying for support) > > > > > > --- > > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > -- > Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 > Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 > al...@netvel.net || > > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- http://scruss.com/blog/ - 73 de VA3PID
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