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Date:      Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:52:58 -0400
From:      "Eric Toll" <etoll@vipstructures.com>
To:        "Glyn Tebbutt" <d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com>
Cc:        Freebsd-Newbies Mailinglist <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install
Message-ID:  <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456DE61@VIP10-WIN2K>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org=20
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Glyn Tebbutt
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 12:42 PM
> To: Freebsd-Newbies Mailinglist
> Subject: Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install
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> Hi all
> Im completely new to Freebsd and bsd in general, have been=20
> green to orange. I can ping the box and ping from the box=20
> around my lan but when i try and ping the outside world, i=20

What does ifconfig say from prompt?  I assume you have a DHCP server or =
have manually typed in the IP address for your FreeBSD machine. Perhaps =
it's a DNS issue.  Ping www.yahoo.com from another machine (NOT all =
"world" or
Internet hosts allow ping or ICMP - yahoo does) Note the IP address that =
your other machine resolves www.yahoo.com into.  Take this IP number and =
try pinging it?
Try and ping your router or def gate from the BSD box. . .

You state your router goes from green to orange,  there may also be an =
incorrect speed/duplex negotiation going on somewhere.

I have always had good luck with 3com cards.

HTH
Eric



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