From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 2 02:07:26 2004 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 1224916A519 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 02:07:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 764DD43D3F for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 02:07:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-4.250.42.78.dial1.weehawken1.level3.net ([4.250.42.78]) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BrSEO-00060A-00; Sun, 01 Aug 2004 19:07:19 -0700 Message-ID: <410DA25F.8030401@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:09:35 -0400 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040731 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran References: <410D5E07.7040102@earthlink.net> <20040801181613.47d65fdc.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040801181613.47d65fdc.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Connecting NT 4.0 to Internet via LAN 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: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:07:27 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: >Bob Perry wrote: > > > >>Trying to reinstall Windows NT 4.0 and reconnect it to the internet via LAN >>with FreeBSD 4.9 as the server. >> >>I had previously attempted to repair a corrupted system file in my NT box >>but was unsuccessful. I ended up reinstalling back to the original Service >>Pack 1. My plan now is to upgrade the IE browser and OS on-line but I'm >>having trouble getting the browser to work. >> >>At this stage, the NT box can ping web sites successfully using >>their IP address but not the URL name. >> >> > >Sounds like your DNS is not set up on the NT box. Set up your DNS on the >NT box, and all should be well. > > > I was able to make some adjustments in the NT box as recommended. Unfortunately, I made them without testing immediately afterward so I'd rather not report them to the list at this time. I do, however, have access to the internet now on the NT side. Thanks for your help. Bob Perry -- I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0