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dip error "unknown server error"

Post by Joe Ma » Sat, 15 Jul 1995 04:00:00




>I am trying to configure dip and get it running to access my local internet
>provider. No matter what I do when i type the command "dip" i get the error
>message "unknown server error". I'm sure its something simple I have screwed

It's simple enough although not obvious till afterwards. You have to
have the variable $local in your sample.dip file the same as the name
the machine thinks it is. If $local is machine.foo.bar and /etc/HOSTNAME
is machine.foo.bar you'd expect that you'd be home free. However on boot
up one of the rc.? files truncates the entry in HOSTNAME to "machine"
(which then becomes your prompt). So what I've done before I fire
up dip is to run

hostname -F machine.foo.bar

giving me a long prompt name now, but dip will fire up.

If you've got it right at this stage you just type "dip" at the prompt, y
ou'll get the command line help info.

This is a kludge and presumably something should be able to connect the
"machine" and the domain=foo.bar together.

Does someone out there know the real  solution ?


 
 
 
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dip error "unknown server error"

Post by Kahaya » Sat, 15 Jul 1995 04:00:00


hnmm...i believe you mis-asked that question. have you written a dip script
yet?? do you know your isp's configuration? well...once you've written a dip
script you type 'dip <script.dip>' and dip should make the connection. you must
make sure that your nameserver and domain entries are in the file
/etc/resolv.conf. you must also make sure you have run the NETCONFIG script.
well...if that doesn't help, let me know and i'll try to help you out further.

        Kahayan
        izmir, turkiye

 
 
 
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dip error "unknown server error"

Post by Hew Lin » Sat, 15 Jul 1995 04:00:00


I am trying to configure dip and get it running to access my local internet
provider. No matter what I do when i type the command "dip" i get the error
message "unknown server error". I'm sure its something simple I have screwed
up or forgoten to configure but for the life of me I can't figure it out.
Anyone got any ideas ? - please reply to:




Thanks for any ideas you might have

Hew Lines, VA3HU/VE3DWL

 
 
 
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1. dip- "unknown server error"

Hi.  I'm a newbie with linux.  I'm trying to set up a network
connection, but something's going wrong.  I've got the linux
bible and have read everything relevant, but still don't know
what to do, so please help.

When I run the program dip, even with the -t extention, all
I get is an error saying "unknown server error".  I'm going
to be connecting with SLIP to a server that will dynamically
assign me a IP address.  SLIP and CSLIP have been (apparently)
successfully installed into my kernal.  I've modified all the
relevant files several times trying to setup a loopback network.

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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