Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:04:39 +1000 From: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: Rhavenn StormWing <lists@rhavenn.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ping Question Message-ID: <371E9FD7.AF697391@TurnAround.com.au> References: <3.0.6.32.19990421223459.007977f0@mail.trlinks.com>
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Rhavenn StormWing wrote: > > I sent this over to the newbies list..but then remembered no questions over > there(sorry for those of you over their too...). Here is my problem(I think > pretty simple: > > I just got pppd to work right and now when I try and ping > anything(including the localhost) I get this error: > > ping: sendto: Permission denied (this is repeated over and over) > Sounds to me like you have IPFirewall on and it's not allowing icmp outgoing. You'll need to modify your ipfw configuration to allow icmp packets through (don't forget - both directions). -- Regards | _/\_/\ Andrew Johns BSc (Comp Sci) | / \ TurnAround Solutions Pty Ltd | \_...__/ http://www.turnaround.com.au/ | \/ "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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