Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:43:46 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: hide110 <hide110@us-it.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up Internet Message-ID: <414703A2.1000507@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200409140752.i8E7qKcx011377@in.flite.net> References: <200409140752.i8E7qKcx011377@in.flite.net>
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hide110 wrote:
>Sorry for the silly question, maybe I just haven't really been reading up
>enough, but I have never really delved much into networks. Here's my current
>setup, all my systems are connected to a small home office router which is in
>turn connected to a cable modem. With my Windows machines I just plug a cat5
>into an empty slot and it's automatically assigned an IP. Some are setup as
>static based on MAC and some not; regardless whenever it's plugged in it will
>autodetect.
>
>During the FreeBSD installation it does not seem to pull any information down
>when I choose DHCP, I foolishly did not enter in the required fields, & just
>went on to setup XWindows. Where do I modify my network settings? What
>command would I use? Can anyone point me in the right direction for getting
>my internet setup?
>
>
Obligatory answer: send your ?? to questions@freebsd.org, which
is the more applicable forum.
Friendly answer, newb to newb: edit /etc/rc.conf. Here's a sample
of mine:
# NETWORK CONFIG
hostname="foobar.daleco.biz"
ifconfig_sis0="192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
You could just as easily have { ifconfig_sis0="DHCP" }
there to pull your info from the router. You may also
need { defaultrouter=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx } (i.e. the IP of
your router) --- I don't generally run FBSD via DHCP,
and am therefore not sure if you'll get your default
route set or not. I *think* you will....
HTH,
KDK
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