Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:25:35 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Premal Mishra <premal.mishra@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot connect to internet Message-ID: <43031EAF.4050306@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <2211edca0508170141c9a60f8@mail.gmail.com> References: <2211edca0508170141c9a60f8@mail.gmail.com>
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Premal Mishra wrote: > Hi, > > New to FreeBSD, Windows Backround . > > I connect to the internet via a LAN connection to my ISP. > > Have successfully installed my LAN Card and its up n running(Can see > the Device status 'UP' and Link status 'Active' on runniong ifconfig). > > I have set the ip of the interface, gateway address and DNS Server names also. > > default route is also set appropriately in /etc/rc.conf. > > I can ping the Gateway IP but not the DNS server IP. > > What may be the problem? Maybe there is a firewall between you and the DNS server, or the DNS server is set to not return pings? Can you traceroute to your DNS server, and post the results? Also - posting your ifconfig -a information would be helpful. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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