Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 15:58:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dima Dorfman <webmaster@zwb.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TCP/IP Installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980405155721.17571f-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980404094330.0090cc50@mail.zwb.net>
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On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Dima Dorfman wrote: > I'm trying to install TCP/IP on my FreeBSD 2.2.6 box. When I try ifconfig, > it sets the IP, and I can ping it successfully, but, I can't ping an > address outside my box! When I try to ping my webserver that's on the same > network, it fails with a 'sento: permission denied'. I'm logged in as > root, so understand that as a 'hardware won't let you do that'. Also, > noone can ping MY address! You have ipfw running and it's denying your ping. You probably don't have any rules set so everything is being blocked. Set `firewall_type' to "open" in /etc/rc.conf and reboot, or disable ipfw. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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