Ditto what Dale says re: the output from pppd ... are you actually running pppd by hand or using the debian pon script? I've found that the scripts work quite well for me ... I suppose it depends on your ISP.
Also, even if you are connected via PPP, you still need to configure DNS resolution. That jumped out at me from your post ... have you ever tried to connect to an IP address rather than a hostname? -- Nathan Norman : Hostmaster CFNI : [EMAIL PROTECTED] finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key and other stuff Key fingerprint = CE 03 10 AF 32 81 18 58 9D 32 C2 AB 93 6D C4 72 -- On Thu, 22 May 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: :hello world, : :i am currently trying to install debian linux. i edited ppp.chatscript :and ppp.options_out after rtfming for some time, but it still doesn't :work. i go into dselect, try to connect to ftp.debian.org and it gives :me a bad name error. i figured that i probably need to connect to my :server first, so i use pppd to do that, but it just spits a bunch of :junk at me. help! i will supply any configuration/config info required :to fix this. : :tia : paul : : :-- :TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to :[EMAIL PROTECTED] . :Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .