Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 19:44:40 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: "Eric Greene" <EricDGreene@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configure nic card Message-ID: <20031206194440.393eb249.itetcu@apropo.ro> In-Reply-To: <LAW11-OE23EXQHuvDr900003db5@hotmail.com> References: <LAW11-OE23EXQHuvDr900003db5@hotmail.com>
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 12:20:03 -0500 "Eric Greene" <EricDGreene@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I am a long-time Windows user, who is now getting started with > learning FreeBSD. I am using the KDE desktop to start with. I would > like to know how to configure my nic card so I can get connected to > the internet (Cable access - the system is on a LAN). > > Where do I get started configuring this card? 1. Please wrap your messages at 72 chars 2. man ifconfig man rc.conf - for setting it permanent For DHCP: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-dhcp.html At leat you have to have something like this in your /etc/rc.conf : defaultrouter="192.168.0.1" hostname="you_host.your_domain.tld" ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0" Of course, you should replace the ip addresses with those given to you by you ISP and your_host ... with your host name. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user
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