Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:12:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Janko van Roosmalen <janko@compuserve.com> To: Ryan Dimbleby <ryan@hosty.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing with FTP and DHCP over ADSL. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008272307290.354-100000@parmenides.utp.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008262143430.270-100000@parmenides.utp.net>
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Janko van Roosmalen wrote: > > IIRC you only can install through FTP if you are in a network which is > directly connected to the Internet. On a single machine with a modem you > cannot do an FTP install. It is not clear to me what kind of setup you are > using and have no experience with ADSL. > I did not remember this correctly. It applied to a Linux distribution. It seems to be possible. > On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Ryan Dimbleby wrote: > > > I'm trying to install FBSD over ADSL at home. > > > > The connection is NAT'd which means all the internal addresses are on > > 192.168.x. range. :( > > > > After choosing the FTP site and asking the system to use DHCP it can't > > detect the settings from the router. This takes me to a blank ifconfig screen. > > > > I tried adding the settings as instucted by my ISP. > > > > Gateway: 192.168.254.254 > > name server: 192.168.254.254 > > IP: 192.168.254.3 (NT box had previously used this address.) > > mask: 255.255.255.0 > > > > Then the look up timed out as it could not resolve ftp.uk.freebsd.org. > > The address of "ftp.uk.freebsd.org" is 195.40.61 It might succeed if you use the IP address. Janko To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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