From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 20:58:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C00016A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:58:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD14B43D48 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:58:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DIC98-0001O5-NC for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 22:56:38 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 22:56:38 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 22:56:38 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <1391.24.118.72.147.1112561507.fusewebmail-19592@webmail.fusemail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: just got DSL, can't surf or get mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:58:56 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-04-03, Brian John scribbled these curious markings: > 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, considering that most P2P programs are IP-based and thus don't need to perform DNS lookups. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCUFjKk/lo7zvzJioRAnrNAJ0X+zBILiTL1qVJeGeYuuvXHk/2GACghku7 bltB+Pyu2SbzyCtYxYSvI6I= =gG5y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.