Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:35:02 +0100 From: Richard Morte <ric@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Problem Accessing Internet via FreeBSD Gateway Message-ID: <380249F6.429EA19A@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>
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Can anyone suggest what might be causing the network's FreeBSD gateway to prevent full acceses to the internet? The network comprises a number of Windows machines linked to a FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE box configured as a gateway. Browsers on the windows side can request a URL. If the domain is not recognised by the local DNS, a dial-out is initiated and the IP address retrieved. Named.run shows the correct IP address being returned to the client. The browser also shows the status message "Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the correct IP address), but nothing happens and the request times out. How is it that the IP address is returned to the client, but web pages are not being served? No firewall has been implemented as yet, so that's not the problem, nor has ppp been configured to filter packets. Netscape running on the FreeBSD box has no trouble connecting to the net, nor with reading/sending mail... Any clues, anyone? Thanks for your help, Ric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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