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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Routing problems...FreeBSD 2.0R
Date: 30 May 1995 13:23:12 +0200
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Space Research Group <srg@primenet.com> wrote:

>I have two systems using BSD and am having trouble routing to the 
>Internet.  Everything SEEMS to be correct but it doesn't work.

>...  If you need more information 
>to provide adequate reply, please ask.

Yes: the output from netstat -in and netstat -rn from both machines.

It might also be a problem with DNS lookups for your I486 machine (in
particular, with reverse lookups).

>Just wanted to add that FreeBSD is about the best thing I could ever have 
>stumbled across.  FreeBSD 2.0 was released as I got the UNIX bug and I 
>have been astounded by its quality ever since.  [...]

Thank'ya for the flowers.  If you're already impressed about the
quality of 2.0 (which is admittedly rather buggy), the upcoming 2.0.5
will certainly fully satisfy you.

:-)


-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)