From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 5 04:48:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA19937 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 May 1997 04:48:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA19932 for ; Mon, 5 May 1997 04:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA03418; Mon, 5 May 1997 13:47:40 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199705051147.NAA03418@beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: Problems connecting to the internet In-Reply-To: from Bryan Liesner at "5. May. 97 2:11:33" To: bleez@netaxs.com (Bryan Liesner) Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 13:47:39 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: dkeller@psln.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Sun, 4 May 1997, Daniel Keller wrote: > > > Now my new problem: I have all my files set up as is described in the > > handbook. I can tell ppp to dial, it dials and connects and logs in fine. > > Then I switch to another terminal and try ping. If I try "ping localhost" I > > get: > > > > Ping: send to: Permission denied > > Ping: wrote localhost 64 chars, ret=-1 Did you configure IPFIREWALL in your kernel ? If so then you have to define the rules (in the simplest case open for everything and everybody). > When you say all files, did you set up resolv.conf, host.conf, and hosts? > If not, check these files out - > > resolv.conf should have at least one line with: > nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <- your isp's nameserver address > > hosts should have (minimally): > 127.0.0.1 localhost <- there should be a sample in your /etc > > host.conf (which I believe is already set up in /etc): > hosts > bind -- Dr. Robert Eckardt ( Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Inst.f.Theor.Physik, NB6/169 ) Universitaetsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany ----X---8---- Telefon: +49 234 700-3709, Telefax: +49 234 7094-574 8 E-Mail: RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de --------8---- URL: http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte >>> A magician never reveals his secret: the unbelievable trick becomes <<< >>> simple and obvious once it is explained. <<<