From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 06:00:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80A2716A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 06:00:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mtaout-m.tc.umn.edu (mtaout-m.tc.umn.edu [160.94.23.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CB043D49 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 06:00:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duns0014@umn.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.14] (ip68-104-63-160.lv.lv.cox.net [68.104.63.160]) by mtaout-m.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 00:00:25 -0600 (CST) X-Umn-Remote-Mta: [N] ip68-104-63-160.lv.lv.cox.net [68.104.63.160] #+TS+AU+HN From: Joe Dunsmore To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:58:20 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200501040851.59496.duns0014@umn.edu> <22139821652.20050105055753@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <22139821652.20050105055753@hexren.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501040958.21176.duns0014@umn.edu> Subject: Re: How to get internet working on installed freebsd 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 06:00:26 -0000 On Wednesday, January 05, 2005 04:57 am, Hexren wrote: > JD> I installed freebsd 5.1 on my computer when it was not connected to any > JD> network (but my ethernet card was attached). Now that my computer has > a JD> network connection, I can't access any internet sites, it says it > can't find JD> the host. I've installed freebsd 5.1 on this same computer > when it was JD> connected to a network and the internet worked right away. > I also have linux JD> on this computer and it can connect to the internet > fine. > > JD> So my question is how do I get the internet working on freebsd? Is > there a JD> simple command I can run or do I edit some text file? Thanks. > JD> _______________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------- > > How exactly is the Computer connected ? (dsl, cable, isdn) Cable, with a router and modem in between. > Have you tested simple IP conectivity ? (ping 216.136.204.21 (that is > freebsd.org)) It said there was no route to host. > If you can ping a host using IP number but not using DNS name how does > your /etc/resolv.conf look under FBSD and how does it look under Linux > ? Under debian, resolv.conf says: search nameserver 192.168.1.1 this file does not exist under freebsd. I created one with the same info as the linux one and even after reboot, it did not help.