Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:46:26 +0100 From: Hexren <me@hexren.net> To: Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[4]: Connection via proxy Message-ID: <728858466.20050120004626@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <20050119232907.40852.qmail@web30906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050119232907.40852.qmail@web30906.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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MM> the laptop is a dual boot running windows XP on one
MM> slice and Freebsd 5.3 on another slice.
MM> I tried pinging the proxy server but got this error
MM> message
MM> can't resolve proxy.uvi.edu host name look up failure
MM> proxy.uvi.edu being the name of the proxy server
MM> --- Hexren <me@hexren.net> wrote:
>> MM> Can you identify some other tests as well I
>> could
>> MM> possible run other than pinging as I am going to
>> have
>> MM> to reboot on each occurence to try see if
>> freebsd can
>> MM> see that server and connect to it
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >> ---------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> You can ping the Proxy from the Notebook ?
>> >>
>> >> Hexren
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> Your message doesn't parse. Why do you have to
>> reboot the machine ? Each
>> time ?
>> I just wanted to know, if at the point where mozilla
>> says it
>> can't find the proxy you can ping the proxy using
>> DNS name or IP.
>>
>> Regards (I really should look up some nice way to
>> finish a mail in
>> english)
>>
>> Hexren
>>
>>
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I would guess that you haven't configured DNS under FreeBSD.
Lookup the nameserver you use with WinXP. (Start->Run type "cmd" in
the shell opening type "ipconfig /all")
Then insert that DNS server into your /etc/resolv.conf under FreeBSD
The line should look like
"nameserver <insert ip of your nameserver here>"
Hexren
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