Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:53:58 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar" <ramkumar@iastate.edu>, ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bri@brianwhalen.net, nlandys@gmail.com, wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl Subject: Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080128175226.024f3e50@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <7c7927920801281538g66f00cd5v6ebd9ff01ff3c83@mail.gmail.com > References: <7c7927920801281329n609abb8ah63a18f1afb56099d@mail.gmail.com> <20080128214202.GO41095@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> <7c7927920801281518h5adfb91dta827fcae39ebc09a@mail.gmail.com> <7c7927920801281538g66f00cd5v6ebd9ff01ff3c83@mail.gmail.com>
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At 05:38 PM 1/28/2008, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: >I'm guessing it does detect the interface, network-device & all that, bcos >my ifconfig says the ethernet status is active. But still I'm unable to do >any kind of networking at all, even pings from other PCs to this one remain >unreachable. I'm wondering if I should configure something else in the >sysinstall or the rc.conf file. > > >On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar <ramkumar@iastate.edu> >wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > >__________ You need to set the default gateway in /etc/rc.conf. Without a default gateway, you will need to add a default route with the route command. Without a route your machine will only be able to ping itself. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
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