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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:41:03 -0500
From:      Rhavenn StormWing <lists@rhavenn.net>
To:        Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ping Question
Message-ID:  <3.0.6.32.19990422134103.007b1210@mail.trlinks.com>
In-Reply-To: <371ECD28.B9F8EE20@TurnAround.com.au>
References:  <3.0.6.32.19990421223459.007977f0@mail.trlinks.com> <3.0.6.32.19990421235421.0079c6a0@mail.trlinks.com>

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At 05:18 PM 4/22/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Rhavenn StormWing wrote:
>> 
>> Not to bother you, but I have:
>> 
>> firewall="open"
>> 
>> in rc.conf? Shouldn't that let everything in and out?
>> 
>
>Yes, it should...hmm....is your interface up? Check with ifconfig -a
>


I checked with ifconfig, my ppp0 device is there(and it changes when I get
dialed in), my lo0 
device is there with a inet 127.0.0.1   . Even when I am not dialed up, I
can't ping localhost or the IP for
localhost. It still gives me the ping: sendto: permission denied. Any more
ideas?





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