From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 2 22:39:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA00189 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:39:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.63]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00171 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:39:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00595; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:39:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:39:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Guillermo Sobalvarro L." cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <31FFD77B.40F1@medellin.cetcol.net.co> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Guillermo Sobalvarro L. wrote: > I have FreeBSD 2.1. > > Any poiters on how to configure a SLIP client (dialup). What4s needed > in /etc/sysconfig and other /etc files such as resolv.conf, etc? Is > ther more thorough documentation? Not really. Take a look around the Handbook; there is an entire section on setting up a SLIP client. IMHO, if PPP is available use that. It's much easier to configure and manipulate. > I have tried dip which is appropiate for the service provider I am > trying to reach and everything works fine untill I try to ping the other > end. There is no response. Traceroute just shows * * *. That is a routing problem. Take a look at 'netstat -rn' and make sure a default route points to the other side's address. > What do I need to configure sl0 in sysconfig? I've used > defaultrouter=slip-gateway as stated in the handbook.html files. Nope. sl0 will take care of itself. > I need to run SCO applications. Any instructions on configuring devices > in /compat/ibcs2? Where can I get more complete documentation on both > of these problems. Compatibility in 2.1 is handled by kernel options; check LINT. > Another thing, although httpd is up and running (Apache) I can't http > from another server on the same network. Huh? Servers don't interact with servers. Do you mean you can't reach your server from a client on the same net? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major