Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 17:35:05 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Joe Loughry <loughry@uswest.net> Cc: david@banning.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using win95 PC off of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20001007173505.F255@parish> In-Reply-To: <200010071611.KAA01632@miranda.dnvr.uswest.net>; from loughry@uswest.net on Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 10:11:59AM -0600 References: <200010071611.KAA01632@miranda.dnvr.uswest.net>
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On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 10:11:59AM -0600, Joe Loughry wrote: > It is necessary to make a few adjustments here and there to tell > FreeBSD about your new network. First, choose IP addresses for the > two machines. 192.168.1.1 is a good address for the FreeBSD machine, > and 192.168.1.2 is a good address for the Windows 95 machine. These > are special addresses reserved for private networks. The netmask is > 255.255.255.255 and all this information goes in your /etc/rc.conf > file on the FreeBSD machine: add "ed0" (or whatever your new ethernet > device is) to the "network_interfaces" line and add another line that > looks like this: > > ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.255" > Should the netmask not be 255.255.255.0 since this is a class C network? -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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