s9 wrote:
> just the same as before...but i fixed the date....happy?
> 
> ok..i got xwindows running fine...now i wanna setup a ppp connection...i
> d'led the little ppp kit and i can get a connection up but when i try
> and ftp to somthing like ftp.netbsd.org it tells me "ftp.netbsd.org:
> unkown host". so i thought this was becuz it was a name and the program
> needs an ip number so found out the ip number for  ftp.netbsd.org and
> put that in... it gave me the message "(the ip for netbsd.org): no route
> for host." what am i doing wrong. Do i need to configure some kind of
> dns program or somthing.

turn on the debug option and make sure you add a line like:

kern.debug                                              /var/log/messages

to /etc/syslog.conf.  then make a connection and let us know what shows up
in /var/log/messages.

later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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