Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 02:13:34 -0500 From: Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win200 gateway blocking FBSD html? Message-ID: <4034621E.3070608@mindcore.net> In-Reply-To: <20040219114657.431db5cc.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20040219114657.431db5cc.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Robert Storey wrote: >I'm trying to set up a FreeBSD client machine for a school. They have never used FBSD or even Linux, they are 100% Windows. They are interested in letting their students gain experience with non-Windows software. So I need to prove to them that FBSD can work, but I've run into a major obstacle. > >The client machines are connected to a switch, which is connected to a Windows 2000 gateway machine to access the Internet. I set up a FBSD client, and using dhcp it can find the network. I can ping the gateway machine, and even ping the local ISP. I can also use gftp to access some anonymous ftp sites (such as FreeBSD.org) though performance seems slow. > >The problem - I cannot access any web sites with http. Doesn't matter if I use Konqueror, Mozilla or Lynx. Yet, all the Windows machines on this network can browse the web (using Internet Explorer) without difficulty. > >I find this very peculiar. Just to be sure that I don't have a misconfigured firewall on the FBSD box, I installed FBSD on my laptop, plugged it into a different network - works fine, I can surf the web. Then I plug it into the school's network, and http doesn't work, but ping and ftp can reach the outside world (though again, it's slow). > >Is it somehow possible that the Windows gateway only allows Internet Explorer to work? Doesn't seem possible, but what do I know? All suggestions welcome. > >best regards, >Robert > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Sounds like they may be using a proxy server. IIRC, most fairly recent versions of IE can locate a proxy without configuration (assuming it's a Windows/MS proxy server)- not sure if that's the default configuration for IE or not, but sounds like it's worth looking into- check out the existing IE configuration and ensure No Proxy is selected, close IE and relaunch- is it still able to reach outside the LAN? Scott
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