Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:29:16 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Lisa <lisa@lisa-jill.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking. Message-ID: <407AEE0C.8060209@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040412184254.442D643D1F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20040412184254.442D643D1F@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Lisa wrote: >Greetings all, > >It has been a long time since I worked with any unix, and I had a spare pc >laying around that hadn't been on in months, so I decided to toss freebsd >onto it. > >The installation went smoothly and I've got it up and running. My next goal >is to get it's internet access working flawlessly. > >The problem that I'm having is that while it can get access via IP address, >it's domain resolutions are not working. The way that I've been setting >this up is via tutorials on the net, going into > >Sysinstall -> configure -> interfaces -> sis0 then hitting yes for it to >auto detect everything. > >All of this comes up really beautifully and happily. The details it >discoveres are 100% correct. However, I can not get the little box in >Interfaces to hold an 'x' (not sure if that's right or not anyway) and when >I exit sysinstall and go back, it has not retained the information. > >When I do an nslookup from shell, it shows my ip as 0.0.0.0 which is >probably part of the problem. It should be showing my internal IP >(192.168.1.13); which it does detect in sysinstall.... > >Anyway, as you can see from this message, I'm a complete beginner at this. >If anyone is willing to take some time and work through it with me, I'd be >really super appreciative. > >The option of re-working the network is nil, as well; there are 6 xp >machines so I have to get it talking to the existant network; which is based >off a linksys router. > >Thank you all in advance. > > Nameserver IP addresses go in the file /etc/resolv.conf. What is the output of "ifconfig -a"? Also, what does "netstat -rn" show? Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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