From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 13 03:45:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA10955 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 May 1996 03:45:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA10950 for ; Mon, 13 May 1996 03:45:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA19483; Mon, 13 May 1996 20:23:57 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605131053.UAA19483@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Creating a network To: jbrann@panix.com Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 20:23:56 +0930 (CST) Cc: khetan@iafrica.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199605130501.BAA16626@jbrann.dialup.access.net> from "John Brann" at May 13, 96 01:01:06 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk John Brann stands accused of saying: > > > > I have compiled my kernel with ed0 support, and it finds the device ok. > > I am confused with reference to what lines I need in sysconfig. > > So far so good. The special file (/dev/ed0) should also exist. This is total bollocks. Network interfaces don't have device nodes in /dev. The rest of your advice is good though 8) > I heartily recommend the book 'TCP/IP Network Administration' by Craig > Hunt. It's an O'Reilly book and explains the basics of TCP/IP, routing > and the basic applications (including DNS) very well. Yesyesyesyes. Excellent suggestion. > John -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[