From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 12 12:37:55 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 94E0D16A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:37:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server60.totalchoicehosting.com (server60.totalchoicehosting.com [67.15.16.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5715043D31 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:37:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lisa@lisa-jill.com) Received: from ool-182d6108.dyn.optonline.net ([24.45.97.8] helo=LISAAUX) by server60.totalchoicehosting.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BD7Fe-0002Lt-8a for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:37:50 -0500 From: "Lisa" To: Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:38:03 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: <407AEE0C.8060209@daleco.biz> Thread-Index: AcQgxIDP/2/ubjFIQV+w20dpr9JgxQAAIL8Q X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server60.totalchoicehosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - lisa-jill.com Message-Id: <20040412193755.5715043D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:37:55 -0000 If config -a shows a lot of things hehe. I can't paste it but I'll try to type this out: Sis0: flags=8843 mtu 1400 inet6 fe80::2d0:9ff:feec:9126%sis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:d0:09:ec:91:26 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX) status: active Plip0: flags-8810 mtu 1500 Lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 Inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 Inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 The output of netstat -rn shows; Default ; 192.168.1.1 ; UGS ; 0 ; 0 ; sis0 127.0.0.1 ; 127.0.0.1 ; UH ; 1 ; 416; lo0 192.168.1 ; link#1 ; UC ; 0 ; 0 ; sis0 192.168.1.1 ; link#1 ; UHLW ; 1 ; 126 ; sis0 192.168.1.13 ; 127.0.0.1 ; UGHS ; 0 ; 0 ; lo0 I do not currently have a /etc/resolve.conf - is it safe for me to just create that? Thank you for your help so far! -----Original Message----- From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [mailto:kdk@daleco.biz] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:29 PM To: Lisa Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking. 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. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"