Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:31:30 +0200 From: jobse <jobse@tintin.kau.se> To: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie trouble - Internet connection Message-ID: <1087414290.3806.21.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> In-Reply-To: <3748.209.167.16.15.1087409938.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> References: <1087402545.3828.28.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <40D0833C.8090609@elvandar.org> <1087409829.3806.22.camel@h163n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <3748.209.167.16.15.1087409938.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca>
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Hello Steve! I am connected through Cabel. I don't have resolv.conf, thats for sure. Pinging looked fine. netstat -rn gave (briefly). destination: Gateway: default 213.64.3.1 vr0 213.64.3 ... ... ... 213.64.3.[myIP] 127.0.0.1 lo0 Thanks <jobse ons 2004-06-16 klockan 20.18 skrev Steve Bertrand: > > Well, I have no DNS installed, no server at all actually and I use > > mozilla when connecting. The problem is not the browser, right? Perhaps > > a firewall as you mentioned, or, the file /etc/hosts... hosts.allow? > > I may have missed something, but how do you connect to your ISP? Dial-up > ppp, PPPoE (DSL), Cable etc? > > Do you have a gateway device at your location? What is the output of the > following: > > # ping 127.0.0.1 > # ping localhost > > What is the 'default' entry say when you do: > > # netstat -rn > > Next, what is the output of the following command?: > > # cat /etc/resolv.conf > > Regards, > > Steve > > > > >> > > > > > > > > ons 2004-06-16 klockan 19.28 skrev Remko Lodder: > >> Hey Jobse, > >> > >> > >> jobse wrote: > >> > >> > Hello! > >> > Having trouble with getting my internet connection to work under > >> FreeBSD > >> > 5.2.1, although it works well under Fedora. > >> > Am abel to connect to host(my ISP) and I am getting login/logout > >> prompt > >> > with statics about uptime etc. However I cannot get to > >> > any Internet site. My ISP havent got a clue they say, they don't > >> provide > >> > support for OS:s other than windows -major drag btw. > >> > > >> > thanks > >> > jobse > >> > >> Most ISP's do that, since most users have Windows. > >> Did you turnon any dns servers? > >> if not then that might cause you having issues connecting to other > >> sites. > >> > >> How do you connect to host (your ISP) ? ssh $ip-addr-ISP or a browser > >> pointing to http://$ip-addr-of-ISP. > >> > >> Do you use a Firewall? > >> > >> etc > >> > >> Hth, > >> > >> > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >
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