just got DSL, can't surf or get mail

Brian John brianjohn at fusemail.com
Sun Apr 3 14:22:40 PDT 2005


> Brian John writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> Are you sure your ISP doesn't block any ports or force any traffic
> through proxy servers?
>
> --
> Anthony
>
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I don't think so because it works fine in Windows.  Wouldn't it not work
in windows if that was the case?

/Brian


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