From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 21:29:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7452916A417 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F368F13C4CC for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:29:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so1855111fge.25 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:29:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:x-google-sender-auth; bh=qHO92+tlyL+xzh5Y3XwAnA8D/MeQSRJ7aXi+T1F34tc=; b=GaQf0lmQXdU8lDHkqLpZGW6I5R67lPOTJJsjWpzqVgQuPEjaJ4vwBKvmBrWnp24yV8+tZeaM+buoEx4YFoRq+dL3LPSEG2yb9YWtbQovMBHsmpWDgpX1llEt7GjpKtcwgjZ8RyURII7U3rEl4bg8PwjizuS0m4itaOQfPpGgpe0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:x-google-sender-auth; b=Y0xVSCIccVeGE/bGXGMqv5don7Q6uOFtBJyRHx/M1E+dX5+3QRbAl/cd6fptMu4l1XiiJq22+jl0pipY6sJynjFA0MfdJtlWb4rFOq84fk7Vo5+9KY/sP+LGnyrrNmB+3KReUgnECv6NlUQWBiY4QI6PftVPzoxt2N5XZ5dS370= Received: by 10.86.31.18 with SMTP id e18mr5672941fge.35.1201555794932; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:29:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.96.13 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:29:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7c7927920801281329n609abb8ah63a18f1afb56099d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:29:49 -0500 From: "Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar" Sender: bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Google-Sender-Auth: fa8badf09904dfa9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Network configuration in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:29:56 -0000 Hi, I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and any suggestions are welcome. I think my system is not connected to the internet or any external network, ping dosent work ( nor ftp or dig) When I try to do a post-install configuration and choose to enable the inetd daemon option from the sysinstall, it doesnt invoke the editor to change the inetd.conf at all, so I did a root-login and enabled ftp, even pftp and other services in the file as mentioned in the installation document. But still I'm unable to ftp to any server, the message I get is ftp: hostname or servname not known or not provided. Do you guys have any ideas ? Thanks Bhuvana