Re: PPP Configuration: Getting Hooked Up to my ISP
It does seems as a domain name related problem.
A possible solution would be to install the BIND package.
> 5. I cannot ping anything that is not localhost or the gateway (see below)
> Ex. 'ping sunsite.unc.edu'
>
> 6. DNS configuration does not seem configured properly. I am inferring this
> by comparing my output of ifconfig() and route () with the output example
> in the PPP-HOWTO document.
> # ping 209.142.30.4 <-- ISP Gateway machine works fine
> PING 209.142.30.4 (209.142.30.4): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=404.9 ms
> 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=370.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=350.2 ms
> 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=380.0 ms
>
> # ping sunsite.unc.edu <-- Without DNS lookup, this puppy is lost
> <Nothing doing...>
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