On Tuesday 21 October 2003 10:57 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm back here, after a prolonged absence. > > I just did a fresh install of the powerpack edition of Mandrake 9.0. > My previous installation on the same machine was the download edition > of Mandrake 8.1, upgraded by "upgrade packages only" to Mandrake 9.0. > > My problem is that after the fresh install I seem to have lost all > network connectivity. The Windows ME on the same machine works fine, > as does the networking on Debian on the same machine. (I have three > systems installed, on in each primary partition) > > I suspect that a firewall in the Mandrake installation may be in the way. > My question is, how do I get rid of it (and, for that matter, how did I > ever install it? I don't remember asking for it). The entire subnet > the machine is on is in fact behind another firewall, and I don't need > one on the Mandrake box. > > -- hendrik If you did not disable shorewall during installation, the default is "activated", so go into MCC and security>drakfirewall and check the box "everything, no firewall" then "ok" and then make a internet connection. Then go back and remove the x and the firewall will run and also allow internet connection. You can get it by typing drakfirewall in a command line to I think as su. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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