Re: newbie trouble - Internet connection

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:36:38 -0400 (EDT)
To: jobse@yapost.com

> 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

Good. It appears as though DHCP is working (hence having a default
gateway), so as someone else already suggested, call up the ISP, ask them
what the DNS servers are and create a new file (/etc/resolv.conf), and add
the following lines to it:

search isp-domain.com
nameserver ip-of-dns-server1
nameserver ip-of dns-server2

save the file and now try to:

# ping google.ca

and or:

# dig google.ca

Cheers,

Steve

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> Thanks
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> 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
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>> Next, what is the output of the following command?:
>>
>> # cat /etc/resolv.conf
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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,
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
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