From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 22 10:12:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7783437B401 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:12:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2275F43E3B for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:12:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from walterk1@earthlink.net) Received: from user-0cal9lq.cable.mindspring.com ([24.170.166.186] helo=earthlink.net) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1842Zk-0006lA-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:12:17 -0700 Message-ID: <3DB586F7.E9F8D3DC@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:12:25 -0500 From: Walter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Mac can't connect to Internet References: <1034958695.580.28.camel@hammarlund.radio.org> <8342521062.20021020224517@dds.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I was wondering what the resolution was to this, as I (a *nix "newbie") am trying to accomplish a very similar thing: OS 10.1 via hub to a Pentium running FBSD 4.6.2 to a cable-modem internet connection. I can't get past the FBSD box from the Mac though the FBSD box can see the internet just fine. (The firewall is disabled. And I can ping, telnet, & FTP from the Mac to FBSD just fine.) Thanks. Walter Alex wrote: > Friday, October 18, 2002, 6:31:35 PM, you wrote: > > > > I added a Powerbook, OS X, to the local network, configured /etc/hosts > > and /etc/resolv.conf. PB can ping the other boxes ok, but can't see the > > Internet. The other boxes can ping the PB ok. Looks like a firewall > > problem. If I connect the PB to the cable modem directly, the PB > > connects ok. > > > Is the mac able to use the internet without the firewall? (Remove the > firewall lines from rc.conf with '#' and try loading the GENERIC > kernel at the kernel prompt). If so reboot and change the > *deny/block/ect* line of the firewall and add the 'log' keyword(man > ipfw to find out how to use this) to each of them. Check > /var/log/security if you can see the mac being blocked by your > firewall. (It will tell you what rule blocked your mac). > > I hope this is helpful, if not send me the output of 'ipfw s' and > 'tail -n 100 /var/log/security' and i'll take a look. > > > What am I doing wrong? Thanks. > > > Michael Heyes > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message