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Re: Dialup machine Help !!!

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Thu Nov 21 01:24:56 1996

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:22:40 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: scalug@cloudnet.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961120232005.15638A-100000@antares.cloudnet.com>
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On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Mark Schlough wrote:

> 
> I have a box where I had to reinstall,  (don't ask why, I goofed!)
> 
> Trying to setup my hosts and resolv.conf so that I can ppp to my ISP
> I am using the scripts ppp-on and ppp-dialer included in the 4.0 release.
> The script dials OK but when I telnet to my ISP the command prompt just
> hangs there.  
> 
> I friend of mine helped me set it up intially, I don't want him to make a
> house call unless it is absolutely necessary.
> 
> I have my hosts file and resolv.conf setup ok.  I think?  
> Is there anything else I should be looking for?

Check what you have done against the PPP-HOWTO (V2.2) and/or the Red Hat
PPP-TIP available at the URL below. The HOWTO is also on sunsite.

Robert Hart                                  iweft@ipax.com.au
Voice: +61 (0)3 9735 3586		     http://203.29.72.65/
InterWeft, 35 Summit Road, Lilydale, Victoria 3140, Australia
        IT, data and voice networking
        Strategic IT business planning
        Internet planning, implementation, security and configuration


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