From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 15:11:27 2004 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 3B2F216A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:11:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCEC343D1F for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:11:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nkinkade@fastmail.fm) X-Sasl-enc: 8e/Hky85sQQ/5lESUZul9A 1097248284 Received: from gentoo-npk.bmp.ub (unknown [206.27.244.136]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD918C2FDA1; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nkinkade by gentoo-npk.bmp.ub with local (Exim 4.21) id 1CFwMq-0004mT-0i; Fri, 08 Oct 2004 09:09:12 -0600 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:09:11 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade To: Dino Vliet Message-ID: <20041008150911.GM3633@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> Mail-Followup-To: Dino Vliet , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20041008090359.90237.qmail@web51107.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lCt7MkQCJDO5fc2F" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041008090359.90237.qmail@web51107.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which files to edit to alter networking information X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nathan Kinkade List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:11:27 -0000 --lCt7MkQCJDO5fc2F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 02:03:59AM -0700, Dino Vliet wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I installed Freebsd4.10 from the university network > through dhcp. I had to alter some settings but it > worked fine and I can access the internet. I got a > hostname from the network and everytime I start > Freebsd, it searches for that hostname. >=20 > However, I will use my laptop now from home where we > have a cable broadband connection. With a > router/switch I want to access the internet now from > my home. >=20 > But how do I accomplish this? Which files should I > edit and what should I put there? I guess my router > will be put after the cable modem and I want to give > the two pc's I have a fixed IP adress. > Can someome help me with this? >=20 > How do I do that? What about the hostname the machine > now got automatically? How do I remove it or alter it > to suit my own needs? I don't know which files to > edit. >=20 > Thanks in advance http://tinyurl.com/4xjgl http://tinyurl.com/4cem8 Nathan --=20 PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xD8527E49 --lCt7MkQCJDO5fc2F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBZq2XO0ZIEthSfkkRAof4AJ9iimo+YI8VNlMiewjVxjODr577ggCghyIr uUsGdMVSK5tzo5sclu8vKBE= =ReBK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lCt7MkQCJDO5fc2F--