Re: (PM) Problem With Portmaster 2E

John W Baxter (jwblist@olympus.net)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:46:02 -0800

At 12:45 -0500 12/13/99, Eron Cohen wrote:
>I am relatively new to network administration and have recently inherited a
>Portmaster 2E (with ComOS 3.7.2) I've got everything up and running almost
>perfectly (netusers can dialup, login with a PPP connection, and browse
>websites up to a point), but I have one major problem that cannot solve:
>
>If a user tries to submit a form on a webpage, it usually won't work, the
>browser just hangs and acts like its searching for the webpage. On the
>other hand, if the user just clicks on a URL link on the same page, it will
>work fine. Also, if a user tries to SEND email, it won't go (even though
>they can receive mail from the same server). I have no idea how to
>troubleshoot this problem.
>
>I'd really appreciate any suggestions for help.

Are you providing forward and reverse name service for the IPs used in the
PM2e's IP pool? [And, pardon the obvious, the two lookup should produce
matching results.]

--John

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John Baxter   jwblist@olympus.net      Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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