Re: Using pppoe : nameserver not provided?

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To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:45:51 -0500

On Sunday 17 July 2005 20:15, Frank Steinborn wrote:
> Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> schrieb:
> > Configuration was a breeze, and I have complete functionality. However,
> > I can't determine what nameserver the pppoe connection is directing
> > FreeBSD to use.
> >
> > With the netgear router, the ISP nameserver was shown on the
> > configuration screen, so I had assumed that this value was provided by
> > the ISP's dhcp server.
>
> I guess you are missing the line "enable dns" in your ppp.conf. If you
> open the connection, you will get nameservers provided by your ISP and
> these will be written into /etc/resolv.conf automatically.
>
> HTH,
> steinex
>
DOHHHHHH!!!!

I had created a new label in ppp.conf, and completely overlooked "enable dns!"

Thanks!

I am resolv(ed)!

lane
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