Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 15:21:22 +1300 From: "Sarton O'Brien" <roguetr@patho.gen.nz> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Basic routing problem Message-ID: <000701bf4cec$680034a0$038259ca@qsi.net.nz> References: <199912220318.WAA96628@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Yeah Okay, that's pretty much the problem, resolv.conf was my answer. > > I am on a network that is connected to a router that has a direct line to a > > switch at an isp with no dhcp service. I have specified the default gateway > > using route add, and can ping the dns server. I can even ping my mates > > computer on an entirely different network but I cant telntet/ftp/browse etc. > > If you can ping, you should be able to telnet or ftp... but I'm not > sure what "browsing" might be. How do telnet or ftp fail? > > > I am relatively new to networking, so a hint as to what other processes I > > should be applying, or anything would be great :) > > Hard to say what would be wrong, but it does not really sound like > routing if you can ping a computer that is not local. You need to be > more specific about what you are trying to do and what is not > working... > > But my first guess might be that you are trying to tell us your DNS is > not working? Can you ping with IP addresses but can't use hostnames > (you know you can ftp using the IP address as the argument too)? > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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