From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 21:57:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7A1E16A419 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu) Received: from hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu (hal.Rescomp.Berkeley.EDU [169.229.70.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C299D13C43E for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu) Received: by hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu (Postfix, from userid 1225) id 7C4813C0452; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:42:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:42:02 -0800 From: Christopher Cowart To: Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar Message-ID: <20080128214202.GO41095@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <7c7927920801281329n609abb8ah63a18f1afb56099d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pdljsUaSfr6a298O" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7c7927920801281329n609abb8ah63a18f1afb56099d@mail.gmail.com> Organization: RSSP-IT, UC Berkeley User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:57:45 -0000 --pdljsUaSfr6a298O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:29:49PM -0500, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: > I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. > I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and a= ny > suggestions are welcome. >=20 > I think my system is not connected to the internet or any external networ= k, > ping dosent work ( nor ftp or dig) >=20 > When I try to do a post-install configuration and choose to enable the in= etd > daemon option from the sysinstall, it doesnt invoke the editor to change = the > inetd.conf at all, so I did a root-login and enabled ftp, even pftp and > other services in the file as mentioned in the installation document. This file affects running an ftp server, not an ftp client from the command line. > But still I'm unable to ftp to any server, the message I get is ftp: > hostname or servname not known or not provided. >=20 > Do you guys have any ideas ? Send the list the output of the following commands: # ifconfig -a # netstat -rn With that info, we can probably help you out better. --=20 Chris Cowart Network Technical Lead Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT UC Berkeley --pdljsUaSfr6a298O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iQIVAwUBR55MKiPHEDszU3zYAQJLXhAAhKSs3oUQ3/pLRi2AktNaw5LXHoH1dHOH Vss/UTMUuPFyCbfB3KmMlZQtaemn4jriRksInOhQdOIjpu1vpKopN/K2bxSe+1yq vXqEzek+Dk4MHcRjwEfcpDO/VxDZiNgA0D0ylTGXNNV7knH5cBVgUk2JjHX2ocen co3bbjso2ONuvkc4Xw/OBD02Fg4zZ/M88CI2hm9YJwyTW3BQqx2AQR4a6kwmgyOh W/0SEH5LCxBEnnz+3w9iMSb8y/UQC1dO5Q/WthHzgYU4EQJV0QKfdnzAdqFwK/Nt OwaXS6N6l8coe5MO17tXauyA2k8BxwtWHVtcU7uIxxL9fKBt9q2tgRMaUyrTta11 7FuTZwah/mdonwCxGik0yDwao6hp0GLrilRncwKhPGSU3KS6ohsuUHAbD+/fGXCu 1vwLEkDdzecFvubb8y0xYcVoxQw3gJEH2YK+Y2IgLyBa96kNacpCH6yyPcZGVhHY vlCwI/DDSAAxegC+QFf3AxTvoEBFzJ+YM5Ut9txXXqBLi9Mbi4ai6bpoSpPkpIdC yK8WLVX/KDC6lfcqJq+xfUI1GomUyNApsUWwqSlI6AW3XkFaeTaIawEJP2/VjXkH d6UQmzA+IBOF6DDNkoy67dwO6f9j7fo7I2C3btil81coBqr/7/lzQTFDm/p4EAY7 XdLwQPbXf/o= =bz4J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pdljsUaSfr6a298O--