* Gary Furash (Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:02:25 -0700) > I just had to downgrade my PC from Windows 7 to Windows XP. I > reinstalled Cygwin (from scratch), rebased, etc. However, now, none of > my cygwin network programs work except within my work's internal > network (they used to work just fine with Windows 7). > I tried turning off windows firewall (the only firewall on, I > believe), and it didn't help. So Ping, NSlookup, ssmtp, etc., don't > work. > > The utilities work themselves, e.g., if I do ping 127.0.0.1 it works, > just can't see beyond my PC! All the errors relate to not getting to > hosts. > > I'm sure there's a simple solution to this. Thanks!
Neither nslookup nor ping are Cygwin utilities (unless you explicitly install them). So whatever problem you have, it's likely a Windows problem and not a Cygwin one. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
