From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 17 17:39:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA21543 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 May 1997 17:39:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mortykai.com (mortykai.com [207.99.60.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA21538 for ; Sat, 17 May 1997 17:39:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from morty.mortykai.com ( [207.99.60.65] ) by mail.mortykai.com (Hethmon Brothers Smtpd) ; Sat, 17 May 1997 20:39:22 est5edt Received: from morty.mortykai.com(207.99.60.65) by morty.mortykai.com ; 17 May 97 20:39:21 EDT4 Message-ID: <337E4FB8.1747@mortykai.com> Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 20:39:20 -0400 From: morty Reply-To: morty@mortykai.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02E (OS/2; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: freebsd install Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk i am unable to install freebsd using ftp media. the error: couldnt open ftp connection to ftp.freebsd.org: unknown error. i have tried several mirror sites and dotted quad urls and get the same message. i have a routed network from my isp. the gateway machine has a ppp connection to the internet. i have 3 other machines that access the internet through the gateway machine. the target machine has a 3com 3c509 int 10 io 300. i have double checked the target machine's ip config. dns is working. i can access the ftp host and mirror hosts from the gateway machine. i can ping the target machine from the gateway machine. there is no firewall. all help appreciated. thanks -morty- heard any good ones lately? send them to mailto:jokes@mortykai.com