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Re: Slip connection via DIP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel B. Harter)
Fri Jun 2 12:40:20 1995
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 11:39:40 -0400
From: "Daniel B. Harter" <harterd@citi.com>
To: Daniel Baum <danbaum@shani.net>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91-heb-2.05.950531183832.56086A-100000@shani.net>
On Wed, 31 May 1995, Daniel Baum wrote:
>
> I am experimenting with connecting to my new SLIP account with Dip.
> A couple of days ago this worked like a dream, simply following the
> instructions in the README.NEWBIES file included in the package. Now
> however, something has changed, and although I can login and ping the
> server, I can't FTP or Telnet. I always get "unknown server" errors.
> Does anyone know what's going on?
Double check the /etc/resolv.conf file. You should have a nameserver
line in it set to your provider's nameserver. If you can ping a number,
but not a name, that's one of your problems.
The nameserver listed for shani.net is shani.co.il (192.115.25.1).
Try pinging 192.114.83.18 (shani-actcom.actcom.co.il) which is your
provider's nearest neighbor, according to traceroute.
>
> Daniel Baum
>
> Danbaum@shani.net
>
Dan
Daniel Harter, Systems/Software Engineer [email] harterd@citi.com
Computer Information Technology, Inc. [phone] (703) 204-4520
2136-C Gallows Rd., Dunn Loring, VA 22027, USA [fax ] (703) 204-4530
