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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:16:45AM -0700, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote:

>[...]
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>>when i try to ping google.ca i get
>>cannot resolve google.ca  :host name lookup failure
>>    
>>
Can you ping a numeric ip address on the internet? If you can, it's a 
nameserver (/etc/resolv.conf) issue. If not, it's a networking problem.

>>doing an ifconfig i get no inet or subnet just the active status
>>    
>>
I'm not aware how you could network without an ip address and subnet 
mask. What's the exact output of ifconfig? What is your /etc/rc.conf? 
Specifically, what lines are there of the form:

ifconfig_[interface name]="inet [ip address] netmask [subnet mask]"

and

defaultrouter="[router address]"

Have you tried using ifconfig to give an ip address to your interface(s)?

PWR