Re: internet connection

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:18:39PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote:
> hi Scott
> 
> ... all you should need to do is run pppconfig (to set up the
> connection properties for your ISP), and then run "pon <name of
> connection configured in pppconfig>". You must have also set the IP
> addresses of your ISP's nameservers, in /etc/resolv.conf
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  	Not necessarily true.  The pppconfig in potato (an beyond) can
handle dynamic nameserver allocation (if you're ISP does this).  It
basically does some magic to move /etc/resolv.conf around when the
connection is up and after it terminates.  Pretty slick!

BTW, most people don't need to resort to chat script trickery anymore,
since pppconfig gets it right most of the time.  Remember to have it set
the default route, and put it in debug mode if the connection is
problematic.

Luck!

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