Did you check your services it /etc/services and make sure you did not on accident
block the 8080 port. or even a DNS port.
I had this problem also. I on accident commented out the 8080 port and was not able to
reach a internet page at all.
I am not sure if that is what may help or not.
Thanks,
James J. Capone
On Monday, May 31, 1999 7:15 PM, Hidong Kim [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've suddenly lost the internet connection on my linux machines. I have
> a network of three Linux machines, one of which is the gateway.
> Everything was fine this morning, but now, I can't access any machines
> outside of the lan. I connect to the internet by dialing up my isp.
> I've tried using two different dial-up programs, usernet and ezppp.
> with both programs, I seem to be able to connect to my isp. usernet
> shows the green light on ppp0 and ezppp also indicates a successful
> connection. However, I can't go to a remote Web site or even ping a
> remote machine, even if I use the IP address. The local network is
> working fine. It's not a problem with the isp because I'm connected
> right now via the same isp, on a Windows machine. I didn't change any
> files on the Linux machines between the time things were working ok and
> now. I've tried rebooting and restarting inet. Where do I start to
> figure this one out? Thanks,
>
>
>
> Hidong
