Re: IP namesever

On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 04:30:03PM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: > > > ... ppp connection...IP address of the namesever is necessary to connect [?] > > The IP address of the nameserver is not necessary for a ppp connection, > but it is necessary to have in a "nameserver I.i.P.p" entry in > /etc/resolv

Re: IP namesever

> ... ppp connection...IP address of the namesever is necessary to connect [?] The IP address of the nameserver is not necessary for a ppp connection, but it is necessary to have in a "nameserver I.i.P.p" entry in /etc/resolv.conf in order to use DNS names rather than IP addresses after you've co

RE: IP namesever

On 25-Jul-2000 cam_random wrote: > I’m configuring my ppp connection…I was wondering if the IP address of the > namesever is necessary to connect…sorry about the newbie question. > Yes, put your nameserver address in your /etc/resolv.conf like this: nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 192.168.1.1