From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 10 09:06:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA28298 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:06:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from runner.jjsoft.com (jahanur.intur.net [206.97.149.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA28198 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:05:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jahan@pc.jaring.my) Received: from pc.jaring.my (klj-19-218.tm.net.my [202.188.19.218]) by runner.jjsoft.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA08912; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:06:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jahan@pc.jaring.my) Message-ID: <35058028.9711E423@pc.jaring.my> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:02:16 +0700 From: Jahan Reply-To: jahan@pc.jaring.my X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Alain G. Fabry" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice needed... References: <000301bd4c31$2cee86e0$0590d5c6@mars.coserve.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i. you should check to see you can ping yourself ping 127.0.0.1 ii. if [i] works try pinging the original ip address ping blah.blah.blah.blah iii. if [ii] works try pinging your dns ping mydomain.edu iv. if [iii] works try pinging any dns entry ping www.mydomain.edu or ping ftp.mydomain.edu or ping something.that.u.have Tell us at what point it fails. Alain G. Fabry wrote: > > Everything on my FreeBSD machine was running fine, > then I booted my machine and at bootup it gave me Amnesiac instead of the > name of the server I had > given initially. > Now, nobody can connect to the server. > What is going on and what do I need to do to fix the problem? > Thanks > > Alain > ________________________________________ > Alain G. Fabry > Sr. LAN Admin. > The University of Texas - Pan American > 1201 W. University Dr. > Edinburg, Tx 78539 > Phone : (956) 381-3361 > Fax : (956) 381-2322 > http://coserve1.panam.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message