Re: cannot connect to internet

From: Eric Anderson (anderson_at_centtech.com)
Date: 08/17/05

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:25:35 -0500
To: Premal Mishra <premal.mishra@gmail.com>

    Premal Mishra wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > New to FreeBSD, Windows Backround .
    >
    > I connect to the internet via a LAN connection to my ISP.
    >
    > Have successfully installed my LAN Card and its up n running(Can see
    > the Device status 'UP' and Link status 'Active' on runniong ifconfig).
    >
    > I have set the ip of the interface, gateway address and DNS Server names also.
    >
    > default route is also set appropriately in /etc/rc.conf.
    >
    > I can ping the Gateway IP but not the DNS server IP.
    >
    > What may be the problem?

    Maybe there is a firewall between you and the DNS server, or the DNS
    server is set to not return pings?

    Can you traceroute to your DNS server, and post the results?

    Also - posting your ifconfig -a information would be helpful.

    Eric 

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