Re: firewall acting strange ...

[Jonathan Q <jq@example.com>]

Jean-Christian Imbeault (jean_christian@example.com) wrote:

> problems. Firstly when I boot the boot sequence freezes at this step:
> 
> starting standard daemons: inetd cron sendmail

A boot can hang at that point if it's trying to resolve the
FQDN for sendmail and getting nowhere.

> I have a gol DSL connection using a router-type modem. I used to be able to 
> ping my router but no more ...

Is the nic connected to the router coming up and do you have
a  route pointing to your router as the gateway?  

Jonathan