Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:08:50 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Alex Davidson <alexd@idcomm.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Gateway Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217170546.17801I-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <003901be2a19$6fecee20$6000a8c0@alex-d>
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On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Alex Davidson wrote: > the web and do whatever I want. However, because my FreeBSD box has no modem > and there seems to be a problem accessing the internal LAN FTP site I used to > install FreeBSD (can't find various packages when I try and add them through > /stand/sysinstall) I wanted to just go straight to the source (ftp.freebsd.org) > and install my packages from there. > > When I tell the package install to connect to an ftp site through a firewall and > set the LAN config, it can't get out successfully. I am setting the Gateway and Using ftp through a firewall usually requires using PASSIVE mode (PASSV) In /stand/sysinstall choose Options, then media type, then FTP Passive Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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