Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:29:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ben Pepa <bpepa@msn.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: windows question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971029192747.16920I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <l03110703b07c9011e4cb@[24.112.126.210]>
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On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Ben Pepa wrote: > Today I got brave and decided to upgrade to 2.2.5-R (from 2.2.2-R) on our > server, but I didn't get past the "Adding default route 24.112.126.7". It > was very slooow :-( Try hitting control-C. Your net link isn't properly configured so this is jamming on a DNS lookup I bet. > I left it for an hour while I got lunch, and it was still stuck there. I > also have a NE-2000 clone, connected to a 500k connection via cable modem. > This happened 2 out of 3 times I tried to install it. The second time, I > couldn't get any keystrokes to work in the "Visual Configuration" setup, so > I ended up rebooting it. Gave up and stayed with 2.2.2-R. Check your ifconfig's and routing in /etc/rc.conf. For cable modems, you need to install a DHCP package. I've had good luck with the WIDE DHCP package. These are in the ports tree in the net category. > I tried this with my other server, and it worked fine, with the only > difference being it having a 3Com card (beats my $20 NE-2000 Clone). Oohh, yes. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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