From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 17:28:40 2004 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 2570F16A4D6 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:28:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.elvandar.org (cust.94.120.adsl.cistron.nl [195.64.94.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFAF43D54 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:28:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: from [10.0.3.124] (aragorn.lan.elvandar.intranet [10.0.3.124]) by mail.elvandar.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF1A106882; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:28:26 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <40D0833C.8090609@elvandar.org> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:28:28 +0200 From: Remko Lodder X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jobse@yapost.com References: <1087402545.3828.28.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> In-Reply-To: <1087402545.3828.28.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at elvandar.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie trouble - Internet connection 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: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:28:40 -0000 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, > -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder |remko@elvandar.org Reporter DSINet |remko@dsinet.org Projectleader Mostly-Harmless |remko@mostly-harmless.nl