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newmad
02-23-2001, 03:29 AM
... then I can't seem to get a browser to connect to a server at my ISP. Did I set my permissions too tight under PMFirewall? They said (during setup in their PMF README) that usually the default settings are fine, so I left them as they were. Fer instance:

Do you want XXX-type server on XXX port (y/N)?

I took the capital letter ("N" in this case) to be the default, answered accordingly, and then after that set up, I installed wvdial. No problems with wvdial (it was my first ever compile of a proggy, and successful - Yay!), it dials out and says I am connected, but then I get a "no server" type error from Nutscrape, Mozilla, Lynx, and amayla (I think that's its name).
So can ya help me?

WooHoo! One step closer to being WinFree! Thanks Debian! Thanks LinNewBOrgS!
:)

aph3x
02-23-2001, 04:19 AM
can you ping an IP? can you ping an IP using its domain name? try typing in the IP instead of the url, see what happens. sounds like a DNS problems to me... i think you need to allow outbound TCP and UDP connections for DNS... :D

edit: also, if it is a DNS problem, it may not be your firewall... you may need to list the IP addresses of your ISP DNS servers in /etc/resolve.conf, like:

search localhost
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

where the x's represent the IP of your ISP DNS serevrs...

[ 23 February 2001: Message edited by: aph3x ]