Hello Tom,

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Tom Uban wrote:
> I have been running NetBSD 1.4.1 on a Sparc IPX for some time now as a firewall
> for my home network. Recently my DSL was reprovisioned and as a result, my
> fixed IP address changed. Following this event, I reconfigured my system and
> it seems to work for the most part, but now there are a few URL (IP addresses)
> which I have trouble reaching. My IP address changed from 4.3.176.50
> (255.255.255.252)
> to 66.14.78.22 (255.255.255.252). One of the IP addresses which I can no
> longer reach
> is 66.236.61.165 (pelicanparts.com), the other is 216.32.120.133 (ebay.com).
>
> If I just attach a windblows box to the DSL line, I can reach these sites
> just fine.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to which item I might have misconfigured,
> or how I figure out what is the problem component?
>
I think changing the IP-Address of your system, should not end up in such
a behaviour.
Possibly a routing problem. Can you 'ping' your ISPs router?
What's the output of 'traceroute 66.236.61.165' or/and your
routing table - 'netstat -rn'?

> --tnx
> --tom
>
> P.S. I know that I should upgrade the OS to a later rev, but that isn't as
> high on my
> list as getting this problem solved.
;-)



kind Regards,

Sebastian