From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 23: 0:28 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 23:00:25 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from isy.liu.se (isy.liu.se [130.236.48.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A2037B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:00:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from lagrange.isy.liu.se (lagrange.isy.liu.se [130.236.49.127]) by isy.liu.se (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id eBJ70Kf01462; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:00:20 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001218222143.00b462a0@crosslinkz.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:00:19 +0100 (CET) Sender: mj@isy.liu.se From: Micke Josefsson To: David Handlos Subject: RE: Firewalling: Getting blocked Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 19-Dec-00 David Handlos wrote: > This is my first attempt at using FreeBSD, and I've been really pleased > with the way it's worked thus far. > I've got it set up to dial up to our DSL connection, and the IP aliasing > allows our 5 workstations to use the same connection. > > I've only got one bug to iron out: > For some reason, we're not able to access certain web sites, we're given > DNS errors. > Popular sites like FreeDrive.com and Real.com are inaccessible. > > I thought at first it must be some kind of firewall thing that FreeBSD > does, but I haven't even > set up any of the firewall options. Is this normal? Is there a way around > this? The base system does not include any firewalls at all, so if you have not firewalled it noone else has either. We need more info to pinpoint the causes, though I would suspect a misconfigured DNS as your ISP. Can you get access from any computer, from the FreeBSD one or none? What does a ping to the name and/or IP say? What does nslookup tell you? lagrange> nslookup freedrive.com Server: ns.isy.liu.se Address: 130.236.48.2 Name: freedrive.com Address: 205.141.206.70 lagrange> nslookup real.com Server: ns.isy.liu.se Address: 130.236.48.2 Name: real.com Address: 208.147.89.59 > Thanks, > > David Handlos > > > > > David Handlos > CrossLinkz: Directory for Free Stuff > Listings and reviews for hundreds of freeware products and promotion > resources. > Searchable directory of freebies, updated weekly, with a guide on > building/promoting > your own site for free. Promote your own free product by listing it here. > http://www.crosslinkz.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message