Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 12:29:47 +0200 (SAT) From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> To: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> Cc: freeq <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Creating a network Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960513122622.12530H-100000@ian.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199605130501.BAA16626@jbrann.dialup.access.net>
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On Mon, 13 May 1996, John Brann wrote: > Hi, how are things going - I recall your previous burst of activity > a few weeks ago. On to stable, and everything seems to be working fine. Also, the problems with not being able to get to other terminals once in X seems to have solved itself. A problem I am still having (although less frequently) is working fine in X, and being able to switch to other windows, only to find it is as if the ctrl key is being held in. I have the MS Natural Keyboard and throught I was hitting one of the special keys by mistake, but by a process of elimination (i.e. replacing the keyboard with a standard 101) eliminated that problem. Do you have any ideas ? > I do exactly this. Cool. > So far so good. The special file (/dev/ed0) should also exist. Yup. > Well, I assume you don't have 'real' IP addresses for this network, so Nope. > you should choose addresses which _cannot_ be on the Internet, just > in case some of your packets escape. There are a few networks which > are reserved for this purpose (see /etc/hosts). Choose one. Ok. > I chose the '10.0.0.0' network, my FreeBSD machine is IP address 10.0.0.2 > and my Win95 machine is 10.0.0.3. Ok. > ifconfig_ed0="inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000" Ok. I had something similar..... > Static routing entries in sysconfig are _not_ required. Ok. > Once you've done the basic Win95 TCP/IP setup, you should be able to > ping and telnet. Then you can start on Samba... Excellent. > By the way - in the early stages, do not set up the 'Client for > Microsoft Networks' binding in Win95. Add this in later, for now > it only slows down booting and adds confusion. Do we need it at all in this case ? > Hunt. It's an O'Reilly book and explains the basics of TCP/IP, routing > and the basic applications (including DNS) very well. I'd love to get it; however book prices down here in South Africa are ridiculous (R300+ for a poor student) and to import is not much more attractive; the media itself is cheap, but the s&h is usually the same price as the book/CD-ROM. --- Khetan Gajjar Visit at http://www.iafrica.com/~khetan/ UUNet-Internet Africa Operations help@iafrica.com or 0800-030-002
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