just got DSL, can't surf or get mail

[albi at scii.nl]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:51:47 -0500 (CDT)
"Brian John" <brianjohn at fusemail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I just got an xDSL system.  In Windows I can browse the
> internet and do whatever I want just fine.  However, in FreeBSD the
> only things that work are my p2p programs.  Azureus and amule work
> fine, they both connect and download.  However, when I try to use
> dillo, Firefox or Thunderbird they always timeout when trying to
> access the net.  Does anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this? 
> I had cable internet before and it worked fine.  The DSL modem is
> hooked up to the computer through Ethernet.

sounds like a DNS-issue, check your /etc/resolv.conf, if your ISP does
not use DHCP then you have to fill /etc/resolv.conf yourself

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html
section 11.10.2.1 tells you more