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Date:      20 Apr 1998 14:01:32 -0500
From:      sfarrell+lists@farrell.org
To:        Scott Myron <zamy27@hsonline.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: I'm getting closer..
Message-ID:  <87pvicgvw3.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: Scott Myron's message of "Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:52:42 %2B0300"
References:  <353B0CD9.2D2AE4B0@hsonline.net>

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Scott Myron <zamy27@hsonline.net> writes:

> [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>]
> Hi. Ok I think I figured out the problem but I'm not sure... attached to
> this is the config file i've used for my new kernel, it has some
> "firewall" stuff at the end of it. My problem is I can't connect to the
> internet using pppd or user ppp. I try to "ping 127.0.0.1" and it says
> "sendto: Permission Denied". or I try to IRC and it just says
> "connection refused"(note I AM logged in as root when I try). so could
> it be the firewall thing in the kernel? thanks alot.

yes!  at least, turn of the firewalling in the kernel and see if that
fixes the problem, then worry about adding firewalling back in later.

--

Steve Farrell


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