unable to ping out of a new install

Nick Pavlica linicks at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 13:56:49 PST 2005


Hi Chip,
  You can reconfigure your network interface using the sysinstall
utility (/stand/sysinstall).  If you are not using DHCP  make sure
that you have a DNS server and GATEWAY configured.

--Nick


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:46:07 -0700, Chip Wiegand
<chip.wiegand at simrad.com> wrote:
> I just installed 5.3 on a laptop and am able to ping it, but it cannot
> ping anything else. When I enter the ping <ipaddress> command the curser
> moves down a line then nothing. It doesn't even time out. Just nothing.
> The box will reply to a ping from another box on the network though. Is
> there something new in 5.3 that I have to do to allow it to send a ping?
> Thanks,
> Chip
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