From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 21:15:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753D816A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 21:15:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from post-24.mail.nl.demon.net (post-24.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F237043D3F for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 21:15:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from aseed.demon.nl ([83.160.138.119]:10079 helo=mail.aseed.antenna.nl) by post-24.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DICQw-000Bea-4Q; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 21:15:02 +0000 Received: from http.aseed.antenna.nl (unknown [192.168.0.50]) by mail.aseed.antenna.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DBB115462A; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:15:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (f80052.upc-f.chello.nl [80.56.80.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by http.aseed.antenna.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1095458CBC5; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:15:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:14:59 +0200 From: "albi@scii.nl" To: brianjohn@fusemail.com Message-Id: <20050403231459.0ae0f091.albi@scii.nl> In-Reply-To: <1391.24.118.72.147.1112561507.fusewebmail-19592@webmail.fusemail.com> References: <1391.24.118.72.147.1112561507.fusewebmail-19592@webmail.fusemail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: just got DSL, can't surf or get mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 21:15:03 -0000 On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:51:47 -0500 (CDT) "Brian John" wrote: > Hello, I just got an xDSL system. In Windows I can browse the > internet and do whatever I want just fine. However, in FreeBSD the > only things that work are my p2p programs. Azureus and amule work > fine, they both connect and download. However, when I try to use > dillo, Firefox or Thunderbird they always timeout when trying to > access the net. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this? > I had cable internet before and it worked fine. The DSL modem is > hooked up to the computer through Ethernet. sounds like a DNS-issue, check your /etc/resolv.conf, if your ISP does not use DHCP then you have to fill /etc/resolv.conf yourself http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html section 11.10.2.1 tells you more