Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:14:59 +0200 From: "albi@scii.nl" <albi@scii.nl> To: brianjohn@fusemail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: just got DSL, can't surf or get mail Message-ID: <20050403231459.0ae0f091.albi@scii.nl> In-Reply-To: <1391.24.118.72.147.1112561507.fusewebmail-19592@webmail.fusemail.com> References: <1391.24.118.72.147.1112561507.fusewebmail-19592@webmail.fusemail.com>
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On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:51:47 -0500 (CDT) "Brian John" <brianjohn@fusemail.com> wrote: > Hello, I just got an xDSL system. In Windows I can browse the > internet and do whatever I want just fine. However, in FreeBSD the > only things that work are my p2p programs. Azureus and amule work > fine, they both connect and download. However, when I try to use > dillo, Firefox or Thunderbird they always timeout when trying to > access the net. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this? > I had cable internet before and it worked fine. The DSL modem is > hooked up to the computer through Ethernet. sounds like a DNS-issue, check your /etc/resolv.conf, if your ISP does not use DHCP then you have to fill /etc/resolv.conf yourself http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html section 11.10.2.1 tells you more
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