From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 14 14:50:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 858A916A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:50:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from iglobalnetworks.com (mail.iglobalnetworks.com [63.208.1.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27DD43D31 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:50:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@iglobalnetworks.com) Received: from chris ([24.73.90.32]) by iglobalnetworks.com with MailEnable ESMTP; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:00:24 -0400 From: "Chris Lynch" To: Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:59:45 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2739.300 In-Reply-To: <414703A2.1000507@daleco.biz> Subject: RE: Setting up Internet X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:50:31 -0000 Don't forget you can also su to root and at the prompt type: /stand/sysinstall This will provide you with the menu you saw during installation. Otherwise, you can vi the /etc/rc.conf file for your network settings. I recommend doing /stand/sysinstall , as later you can view the /etc/rc.conf. Also, man rc.conf will give more information. Chris -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 10:44 AM To: hide110 Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up Internet 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"