From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jun 14 14:17:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01236 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:17:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01225 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:16:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from pentium (dialup409.serv.net [207.207.70.10]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA24536; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:16:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980614141638.007eb320@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:16:38 -0700 To: Nik Clayton , FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: I did it!! Success! Yes!! In-Reply-To: <19980614120205.14122@nothing-going-on.org> References: <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As I've discovered today, it's not an easy task to run a named server, unless I'm going completely in the wrong direction with my hacking around... I can now ftp from Win95 to the IP address I gave the BSD box without problems, but can't give it a name (like bsd-box.local.net) and FTP to that. Apparently the BSD setup HAS to be registered with the InterNIC and connect to a name server somewhere on the Internet in order to run named. If not, someone direct me to some resources as to how to do it. I'm hopelessly confused with how to use BIND - is there another way to run named aside from BIND for people on an intranet and not connected to the general Internet at all? If anyone knows, Email me directly, please. At 12:02 PM 6/14/98 +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: >Yep. Depends on the problem you're seeing though. > >First, what happens if you ftp to the FreeBSD machine using the CLI Win95 >FTP client? > >In Windows start a DOS box, and then type > > C:\> ftp name.of.freebsd.box > >That should immediately connect to the FreeBSD box and prompt for a username >and password. After that it should let you in and you can FTP as normal. -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message