cannot connect to internet

[Eric Anderson]

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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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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