Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:38:25 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win200 gateway blocking FBSD html? Message-ID: <20040219083825.5976bf84@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <20040219114657.431db5cc.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20040219114657.431db5cc.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:46:57 +0800 Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> wrote: > I'm trying to set up a FreeBSD client machine for a school. They have > never used FBSD or even Linux, they are 100% Windows. They are > interested in letting their students gain experience with non-Windows > software. So I need to prove to them that FBSD can work, but I've run > into a major obstacle. > > The client machines are connected to a switch, which is connected to a > Windows 2000 gateway machine to access the Internet. I set up a FBSD > client, and using dhcp it can find the network. I can ping the gateway > machine, and even ping the local ISP. I can also use gftp to access > some anonymous ftp sites (such as FreeBSD.org) though performance > seems slow. > > The problem - I cannot access any web sites with http. Doesn't matter > if I use Konqueror, Mozilla or Lynx. Yet, all the Windows machines on > this network can browse the web (using Internet Explorer) without > difficulty. Are the IE's on win machine using a proxy on the 2000 gateway ? -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user
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