Re: Clueless newbie in need - PPP problems

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Stuart Smith <jodanx@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hi. I'm realy stuck here. I have managed to get the PPP set up
> (barely) and connect to my internet account. I can not, however DO
> anything. When I try to use ftp, dpkg-ftp, telnet, ect., I get an
> error reading 'ftp : <URL> : Hostname lookup failure'.

See whether something like "ftp 130.207.7.21" works.

You probably need to fill in your ISP's name servers in
/etc/resolv.conf, something like the following.  The addresses could
be wrong, though.

-----
domain wave.ca
nameserver 24.113.32.2
nameserver 24.112.32.2
-----

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