Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:11:22 -0800 (PST) From: nil ban <trumvect@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: I can't connect to internet. Plz help me Message-ID: <20031210211122.86663.qmail@web20109.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello, I'm a novice linux user currently switched over to freebsd when many linux users told me that freebsd is real unix and only slackware is somehow matched with it. So I installed feeebsd 4.8 but I am getting few problems I can't handle. Kindly tell me how to do the following ; I can't connect to internet. Plz let me explain that. I have a username and password which my isp gave me to use for having mail and surfing internet like trumvect@myispname.net and my mail servers names are mail.myisp.com(pop3)and smtp.mail.com. I tried using kpp and I could connect to my isp ( I am telling this because pppd does run ) but whenever I try to visit a website it doesn't work, browser says unknown host. I even tried xchat, it says something like "have u missspelled your host name ?". I also don't know what my host name is. Whenever I type the command "hostname" in console it displays nothing and only cursor reappears. I installed it as it is describe in the handbook. Only thing I have done is place this entry "firewall_type=open" in rc.conf. I haven't changed anything in any configuration file apart from that. I have written this because it seemed the default firewall has got something to do with it but I ain't sure. Please tell me in a step by step procedure so I will be able to fix it.. I am gradually being depressed for that. Here telephone charge is very costly and for that I can't stay connected and experiment for long. Please help me. P.S I also can't send & receive mail using kmail inspite of giving all the required parameters. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing
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