On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 11:16:37PM +0200, Willie Viljoen wrote: > > When connected to their ISP, SAIX, the machine can ping any live internet IP > and it can traceroute to anywhere, but, it can not talk to any DNS server. > Any traffic to port 53 UDP simply seems to dissapear.
Sheer guess, but perhaps the PPP negotiation is giving them something weird (eg, 127.0.0.1) as the nameserver address. Have a look at /etc/resolv.conf while they're connected and at the ppp log. Have you tried dig @server.ip some.host? Any internal firewall in place? What do its logs/stats show? -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"