From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 06:30:36 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 461CD16A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 06:30:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mattvirushome.dynu.com (h139-055-210-152.adsl.navix.net [139.55.210.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2792843D4C for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 06:30:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mattvirus@navix.net) Received: from [192.168.254.17] ([192.168.254.17])j056UWEV076756; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 00:30:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mattvirus@navix.net) Message-ID: <41DB8979.1080104@navix.net> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:30:17 -0600 From: matt virus User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Dunsmore , freebsd References: <200501040851.59496.duns0014@umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <200501040851.59496.duns0014@umn.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 06:30:36 -0000 Joe Dunsmore wrote: > I installed freebsd 5.1 on my computer when it was not connected to any > network (but my ethernet card was attached). Now that my computer has a > network connection, I can't access any internet sites, it says it can't find > the host. I've installed freebsd 5.1 on this same computer when it was > connected to a network and the internet worked right away. I also have linux > on this computer and it can connect to the internet fine. > > So my question is how do I get the internet working on freebsd? Is there a > simple command I can run or do I edit some text file? Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > i would simply suggest running /stand/sysinstall --then do the configure option --then do the networking option --then pick interfaces option --then pick your network card --it will ask you if you'd like to try dhcp - i'd suggest you do that method. It should pull the proper settings from your router and off to the races you go -matt -- Matt Virus ("veer-iss") http://www.mattvirus.net