MM> the laptop is a dual boot running windows XP on one MM> slice and Freebsd 5.3 on another slice.
MM> I tried pinging the proxy server but got this error MM> message MM> can't resolve proxy.uvi.edu host name look up failure MM> proxy.uvi.edu being the name of the proxy server MM> --- Hexren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> MM> Can you identify some other tests as well I >> could >> MM> possible run other than pinging as I am going to >> have >> MM> to reboot on each occurence to try see if >> freebsd can >> MM> see that server and connect to it >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> You can ping the Proxy from the Notebook ? >> >> >> >> Hexren >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> >> Your message doesn't parse. Why do you have to >> reboot the machine ? Each >> time ? >> I just wanted to know, if at the point where mozilla >> says it >> can't find the proxy you can ping the proxy using >> DNS name or IP. >> >> Regards (I really should look up some nice way to >> finish a mail in >> english) >> >> Hexren >> >> MM> __________________________________ MM> Do you Yahoo!? MM> Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. MM> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail MM> _______________________________________________ MM> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list MM> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions MM> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" --------------------------------------------- I would guess that you haven't configured DNS under FreeBSD. Lookup the nameserver you use with WinXP. (Start->Run type "cmd" in the shell opening type "ipconfig /all") Then insert that DNS server into your /etc/resolv.conf under FreeBSD The line should look like "nameserver <insert ip of your nameserver here>" Hexren _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"