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OtO wrote:

>To whom it may concern,
>
>freebsd 4.8 on dialup connection 
>
>after I activated the firewall in I think etc/rc.conf
>
>I cannot dial out . worked fine before the firewall was turned on.
>
>What is the most likely solution?  thank you for any help 
>
>
>  
>
Turn it off?  ;-)  Hard to tell from what you've
given us ... is it not dialing, or just not doing
anything once it's dialed?

[ Really, you oughtta ask questions on the
questions-list.  Here's hoping we don't get
flamed<??!!> ]

And, to help, we'd probably need more info,
like a copy of your FW rules?

$ipfw show
<snip>

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.