From owner-freebsd-small Wed Feb 3 02:16:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA07049 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:16:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgate.imagination.co.uk (mailgate.imagination.co.uk [194.128.49.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA07042 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:16:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonathan.laventhol@imagination.co.uk) Received: from zz0649 (dhcp-79-231.imagination.co.uk [192.168.79.231]) by mailgate.imagination.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA04388 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:16:33 GMT Message-ID: <36B8248F.464F@imagination.co.uk> Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 10:27:27 +0000 From: Jonathan Laventhol Organization: Imagination Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [Fwd: Re: picobsd - network version] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear Picofriends -- Regarding discussion on configuring PicoBSD ... > > > I know that the space is pretty tought there, but without an editor, > > > it's very complicated to configure it. > > I thought it had `ee' on it... > No it seems not... and neither does the Router version. > I'm setting interfaces manually. As part of my miniature DHCP/DNS server project, we are using a (heavily) modified version of 'net', in the circumstance where: * Only one ethernet interface (but don't necessarily know the type) * No other IP interfaces (except lo0) * Very unqualified persons might need to reconfigure its IP address The box will ultimately serve DHCP / DNS / NTP / TFTP to support remote sites, plus incoming telnet and ftp for updates. Currently it has everything except DNS and NTP. As part of this I needed to greatly simplify the IP configuration; in the final version there will also be an astonishingly simple screen editor. At present the method of ip configuration might be of interest: The solution I'm using here is a *very simple* unified configuration file /etc/ip.conf which contains: IP Address / Netmask / NS / Def Gate / Name / Domain We have a very simple editor for this file, called ipconfig, and a hacked rc.conf. I'd be happy to post early versions of this if someone would give me ftp upload on a suitable box. (Alternatively I'll e-mail people if they like.) Remember this is *WORK IN PROGRESS* and changes every day. On the other hand, it does work! Best regards, J. -- Jonathan Laventhol Head of Information Technology ____________________________________________________________________ Imagination 25 Store Street South Crescent London WC1E 7BL England | Tel +44 171 323 3300 Fax +44 171 323 5801 | _______________________________________________________| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message