On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:41, Margot wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:33 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!) > > > On Wed, January 29 2003 5:19 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > > Hi Margot! I haven't followed this whole thread but if I may say, your > > ISP > > > > Is full of shit. ZA has nothing to do with them. It just shields your > > > comp from outside of the LAN computers. IE, Net comps on the other > > > end. > > > > Actually, that's not QUITE true, perhaps her ISP uses some transparent > > proxying that ZA blocks. I have seen cases where firewalls DO cause > > problems > > > with certain ISPs. Although, that is not her problem, that is the ISP's. > > Or, perhaps they have a very non-standard way of giving her internet > > access, > > > perhaps using some sort of virtual networking, automatically set up at > > their > > > end. If this is the case, then 9 times out of 10, any firewall would > > break > > > it. I could get quite technical, in the ways it could happen.. But there > > is > > > no time, nor is this the proper place. > > > > However, to help you with your problem, I would suggest that you, at the > > (EEK!!) command line, su to root, type ipchains -F, then ipchains -L and > > see > > > what the default policies are.. INPUT and OUTPUT should be allowed.. If > > they > > > are, then we have another problem, but it's a start. > > > > -- > > Chuck Burns, Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Chuck > > Logged in as user, su to root, went to (EEK!!) command line, tried both > ipchains -F and ipchains -L, got the same error message for both: "Could > not run the specified command". > > In case there was a permission problem, tried logging in as root and using > root console for both commands, and got "command not found". > > Is there somewhere else to look for these default policies? > > Margot
Margot, Regarding ipchains, it was replaced with iptables for mandrake 8.X. Try "man iptables" to read up on it. Then you will be able to list your tables. I suspect this is not your problem though. -- Michael
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