Internet Access

[Donald J. O'Neill]

On Thursday 21 October 2004 11:58 pm, Li Davis wrote:
> Hi,
> I am switiching my OS over to FreeBSD.  Hopefully, that is.
>
> My DSL service with SBCYahoo said that they can't integrate with
> FreeBSD.  I have to find someone in the area I live that will
> work before my first 30 days is up with SBC, so I can cancel the
> one year contract without big $ penalties.
>
> It seems like it should work, from what is said about FreeBSD. 
> Could you please help me with this?  Thank you.
>

Hello Li,

It does work. It's easy to setup. I've used it for years. After you 
install FreeBSD on your computer (while the install is going on, 
the computer will connect to the Internet with no problems to get 
information) you'll probably find you can't connect to the 
Internet. The first thing you need to check is /etc/resolv.conf. 
It's probably not there. I've always had to put it in. You need the 
ip's of the SBC DNS nameservers put in it.

If you are still using Windows, pullup the command prompt, type 
nslookup. That will give you the main ip address of the DNS server 
you are using.

Don
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Donald J. O'Neill
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