From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 4 16:18:35 2007 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 A2B9216A46B for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:18:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tjw43@drexel.edu) Received: from smtp.mail.drexel.edu (pm2.irt.drexel.edu [144.118.29.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3DA13C4B6 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:18:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tjw43@drexel.edu) Received: from smtp.mail.drexel.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.mail.drexel.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id 939CA11699E for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:18:34 -0400 (EDT) X-No-SMTP-Auth: unauthenticated sender Received: from congaree.irt.drexel.edu (congaree.irt.drexel.edu [144.118.30.203]) by smtp.mail.drexel.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D5A611699A for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:18:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <2460865.1188922714431.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:18:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Wilson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: troubling configuring wireless nic 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: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:18:35 -0000 This is my first time experimenting with FreeBSD and UNIX-based systems in general. I am trying to configure a wireless nic on my laptop, which is a windows-free bsd dual boot system. At home, I can access the internet in Windows through a router which also connects my destop (a windows xp machine) to my internet cable connection. When in FreeBSD, I run ifconfig and it indicates that the nic is running and gives its inet address, one which is different from the ip address given in windows. When I ping the address given by ifconfig, it shows a connection. When I ping the the gateway given for the windows machines (the ip address of the router) I get nothing in FreedBSD. So, I edited the /etc/hosts file. I entered the windows ip address for the router into the /etc/hosts file as the local host. Then I edited /etc/rc.config file to assign the ip address given in windows to the inet address of the nic. When I save the files and reboot, I get this message which repeats itself several times: "login : Sep 4 11:24:49 sm--mta[561]: NOQUEUE : SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon0: cannot bind: can't assign requested address Sep 4 11:29:37 sm-mta[561]: daemon Daemon0: problem creating SMTP socket" After this message flashes at boot up, I login as root and try to check the etc/rc.config file but the system responds: "Permission denied". when I run vi on /etc/config, it opens as a blank file. What do I need to do different?