From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 23:25:07 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 69F3716A420 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:25:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0B1613C45A for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:25:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so2129415fgg.35 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:25:05 -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:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=uMSAunvlKYFKhdmhPZ53c3H2U7yx7wUniU/qmcKC+5c=; b=okOKT7WsjPW/KhPwuzirRlK6ZLdKuMFDw7aSPrX3qyX3QKbYVkaLxc0UQqnfWvSdIT2rG0ah2jNb4JW7YKQZY7decI5q71N0CfULg88xTus3ohCvLZVrnY63iZATvX306JVuEEr/gHY4dsGxpWp4z7SbJXWGVwixskcRnYnpZ3k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=tEBJoN4VbmIoUU4bt4O3K0x05r7Tb9iKqiFYqg6j00Sisi66osOMjKfvqRT2dw0rzzSgRcEyHpQ2VrGC+hMks2TcH8iC3krV6HVh6ZwdHA+/EwnBO2nL2OGm2WgURBgNst+ZjiQNiGArnJ4wdN7cy82/hy0daw2Px+/j1EGJVAU= Received: by 10.86.97.7 with SMTP id u7mr5748847fgb.54.1201562289218; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:18:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.96.13 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:18:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7c7927920801281518h5adfb91dta827fcae39ebc09a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:18:09 -0500 From: "Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar" Sender: bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com To: ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080128214202.GO41095@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7c7927920801281329n609abb8ah63a18f1afb56099d@mail.gmail.com> <20080128214202.GO41095@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 188edef28ff77b34 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: Re: 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 23:25:07 -0000 ifconfig -a em0: flags .......lot of data ..................... status: active ( I'm guessing this is the ethernet interface) netstat -rn routing tables: Internet : 127.0.0.1 ..followed by some IPs, flags(UH), etc .. Internet6 expire followed by some hex-values and flags would this do or more specifics needed ? On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christopher Cowart < ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:29:49PM -0500, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: > > 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. > > This file affects running an ftp server, not an ftp client from the > command line. > > > 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 ? > > Send the list the output of the following commands: > # ifconfig -a > # netstat -rn > > With that info, we can probably help you out better. > > -- > Chris Cowart > Network Technical Lead > Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT > UC Berkeley >