From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 16:53:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AB9116A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:53:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from godzilla.vipstructures.com (godzilla.vipstructures.com [216.175.208.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB57543D3F for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:53:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from etoll@vipstructures.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.vipstructures.com [127.0.0.1]) by godzilla.vipstructures.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA1D28457 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:53:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from godzilla.vipstructures.com ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 26235-01 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:52:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mothra.vipstructures.com (mothra.vipstructures.com [192.168.1.3]) by godzilla.vipstructures.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9207D28430 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:52:58 -0400 (EDT) content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:52:58 -0400 Message-ID: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456DE61@VIP10-WIN2K> From: "Eric Toll" To: "Glyn Tebbutt" X-Antivirus: checked by Norton Anti Virus X-MTA-Mailer: Postfix 2 by Wietse Venema - http://www.postfix.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on godzilla.vipstructures.com cc: Freebsd-Newbies Mailinglist Subject: RE: Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:53:01 -0000 =20 > -----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 >=20 > 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