Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:18:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: jobse@yapost.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie trouble - Internet connection Message-ID: <3748.209.167.16.15.1087409938.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <1087409829.3806.22.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> References: <1087402545.3828.28.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <40D0833C.8090609@elvandar.org> <1087409829.3806.22.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se>
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> Well, I have no DNS installed, no server at all actually and I use > mozilla when connecting. The problem is not the browser, right? Perhaps > a firewall as you mentioned, or, the file /etc/hosts... hosts.allow? I may have missed something, but how do you connect to your ISP? Dial-up ppp, PPPoE (DSL), Cable etc? Do you have a gateway device at your location? What is the output of the following: # ping 127.0.0.1 # ping localhost What is the 'default' entry say when you do: # netstat -rn Next, what is the output of the following command?: # cat /etc/resolv.conf Regards, Steve > >> > > > > ons 2004-06-16 klockan 19.28 skrev Remko Lodder: >> Hey Jobse, >> >> >> jobse wrote: >> >> > Hello! >> > Having trouble with getting my internet connection to work under >> FreeBSD >> > 5.2.1, although it works well under Fedora. >> > Am abel to connect to host(my ISP) and I am getting login/logout >> prompt >> > with statics about uptime etc. However I cannot get to >> > any Internet site. My ISP havent got a clue they say, they don't >> provide >> > support for OS:s other than windows -major drag btw. >> > >> > thanks >> > jobse >> >> Most ISP's do that, since most users have Windows. >> Did you turnon any dns servers? >> if not then that might cause you having issues connecting to other >> sites. >> >> How do you connect to host (your ISP) ? ssh $ip-addr-ISP or a browser >> pointing to http://$ip-addr-of-ISP. >> >> Do you use a Firewall? >> >> etc >> >> Hth, >> >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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