Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 16:08:45 -0700 From: "Daniel Keller" <dkeller@psln.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, "Adam L. Simpson" <adam@netsonic.com> Subject: Re: Problems connecting to the internet SOLVED Message-ID: <199705052238.PAA10150@psln1.psln.com>
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Hi. The problem was that I had the firewall options compiled in my kernel. I removed them and now all is working fine. Thanks everybody who helped! Daniel Keller ---------- > From: Adam L. Simpson <adam@netsonic.com> > To: Daniel Keller <dkeller> > Subject: Re: Problems connecting to the internet > Date: Monday, May 05, 1997 12:09 AM > > Hi Dan: > > were you able to get your connection working? I think I am having the same > problem.. Appreciate any help you may be able to provide as I am lost now.. > > Adam > > > > At 10:30 PM 5/4/97 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi, > >First: I solved my problem with my modem not responding in cu and term, the > >modem was on COM2 I had sio0 set to the COM2 address. > >I recompiled the kernel with sio0 at the COM1 address and sio1 at the COM2 > >address and set ppp.conf to /dev/cuaa1. This fixed the problem. I still > >don't know why when it was set up the other way the modem accepted my > >commands but I couldn't see the responses. > > > >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 > > > >I have also tried "ping 206.155.61.100" (the address of my ISP) and as > >root, always with the same result. If I try "ping psln.com" (my ISP) > >I get a host not found error. Does anybody have any idea what the problem > >might be? > >Thanks, > >Daniel Keller > > > > > > > >
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