From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 18:19:17 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 4E46016A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:19:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.ibctech.ca (shadow2.eagle.ca [209.167.16.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5623B43D1F for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:19:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 32325 invoked by uid 1003); 16 Jun 2004 18:18:58 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by smtp.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamscan: 0.65. spamassassin: 2.60. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.028575 secs); 16 Jun 2004 18:18:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail.ibctech.ca) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.northnetworks.ca with SMTP; 16 Jun 2004 18:18:58 -0000 Received: from 209.167.16.15 (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve@ibctech.ca) by webmail.ibctech.ca with HTTP; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:18:58 -0400 (EDT) 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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:18:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" To: jobse@yapost.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: Remko Lodder 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 18:19:17 -0000 > 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" >