Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 11:21:20 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Cc: victor@vas.tomsk.su Subject: Re: "talk" does not work. Please help. Message-ID: <199612041821.LAA26283@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <199612041658.IAA00184@freefall.freebsd.org> from "owner-questions-digest@freefall.freebsd.org" at Dec 4, 96 08:58:50 am
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> The following works:
>
> ping localhost
> telnet localhost
>
> This DOES NOT work:
>
> ping vas.tomsk.su
> telnet vas.tomsk.su
>
> I think this is where the problem is. There is no route and no
> interface for 10.0.0.1
>
> But I have no idea how I could tune the appropriate interface.
> I have tun and sl devices compiled into the kernel but I have
> only dynamic IP address so I cannot have something like
> ifconfig_tun0 in my /etc/sysconfig. Or can I?
>
> I would very much appreciate any input especially from those
> people who do not have a permanent IP address and no local
> network. How do you tune your /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig?
The simplest solution may be to buy a cheap ethernet card and give
that a permanent address, say 192.168.1.1. Give this interface
a name in your /etc/hosts file and make this the system name.
UNIX is showing its age in this area; the mapping between the
system name and multiple, perhaps temporary IP addresses is not
well thought out.
Wes Peters
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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