Re: couldn't match host name or address

[Aaron Walker <aaron@iconmedia.com>]

I got it working. Thanks to all that helped. But now another, sorta related question...

Now that I can connect to my ISP under Linux, is it possible to connect under Linux
then get access from netscape under my Win95 box (their both connected via ethernet)?
How would I do this?

Brandon Mitchell wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote:
>
> > The problem was:  When I dial into my ISP, I get a prompt that says: host: here I
> > type ppp then my username and password.  How would I get it to type ppp? Would I
> > just change my ppp.chatscript to say?
> >
> > ABORT        "NO DIALTONE"
> > ""                  ATDT7454342
> > ppp
> > login              amwalker
> > password      \qpassword\q
>
> To make this easy look at the left column as what the isp says, and the
> right as how you would respond (a column is separated by spaces).  So,
> from what you said above, it appears that the isp doesn't give you a login
> or password prompt, so it would be:
>
> ABORT        "NO DIALTONE"
> ""           ATDT7454342
> host:        ppp
> ""           amwalker
> ""           \qpassword\q
>
> Make sense?
> Brandon
>
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