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Date:      Thu, 29 May 1997 07:13:19 -0600
From:      Rick Osteen <rosteen@1eagle1.com>
To:        "P. van Leeuwen" <pvl@nanoteq.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newbee, please help 
Message-ID:  <1.5.4.32.19970529131319.00748b08@192.41.5.53>

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At 08:45 AM 5/29/97 +0200, you wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I did an install through the internet(anon. ftp) and found that after it
>> booted, it did not have the ip address and such that I had put in .
>> So I looked around here and there and found a spot to put them. Well it
>> works for the Lan(same network) but could not ping out to the rest of the
>> world. What gives? I need help there.
>> 
>You have to edit /etc/resolv.conf to register  your nameserver (you don't say 
>whether you're using IP numbers or hostnames to ping) 
>Your problem sounds like you also didn't configure your system to find your 
>router / gateway.  Look in rc.conf/sysconfig (depending on your version of
FreeBSD)
>and look for the line :
>defaultrouter="NO" 
>and fill in your routers IP address between the quotes.
>Also make sure that you have filled in the IP number and netmask of your own 
>machine in correctly.
>
>

Here's the rc.conf file or the network part of it anyway.


### Basic network options: ###
hostname="bsd.jimsroom.com"     # Set this!
nisdomainname="NO"              # Set to NIS domain if using NIS (or NO).
firewall="NO"                   # Set to firewall type or NO for none.
tcp_extensions="YES"            # Allow RFC1323 & RFC1544 extensions (or NO).
#network_interfaces="lo0"       # List of network interfaces (lo0 is loopback).
network_interfaces="ed0"
#ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"  # default loopback device configuration.
ifconfig_ed0="inet 207.123.60.6 broadcast 207.123.60.0"

### Network daemon (miscellaneous) & NFS options: ###
syslogd_enable="YES"            # Run syslog daemon (or NO).
syslogd_flags=""                # Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
inetd_flags=""                  # Optional flags to inetd (always enabled).
named_enable="NO"               # Run named, the DNS server (or NO).
named_flags=""                  # Flags to named (if enabled).
kerberos_server_enable="NO"     # Run a kerberos master server (or NO).
rwhod_enable="NO"               # Run the rwho daemon (or NO).
amd_enable="NO"                 # Run amd service with $amd_flags (or NO).
amd_flags="-a /net -c 1800 -k i386 -d my.domain -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map"
nfs_client_enable="NO"          # This host is an NFS client (or NO).
nfs_server_enable="NO"          # This host is an NFS server (or NO).
weak_mountd_authentication="NO" # Running PCNFSD / other non-root nfsd (or NO).
nfs_reserved_port_only="NO"     # Provide NFS only on secure port (or NO).
rpc_lockd_enable="NO"           # Run NFS rpc.lockd (*broken!*) if nfs_server.
rpc_statd_enable="YES"          # Run NFS rpc.statd if nfs_server (or NO).
portmap_enable="YES"            # Run the portmapper service (or NO).
portmap_flags=""                # Flags to portmap (if enabled).
xtend_enable="NO"               # Run the X-10 power controller daemon.
xtend_flags=""                  # Flags to xtend (if enabled).

### Network Time Services options: ###
timed_enabled="NO"              # Run the time daemon (or NO).
timed_flags=""                  # Flags to timed (if enabled).
ntpdate_enable="NO"             # Run the ntpdate to sync time (or NO).
ntpdate_flags=""                # Flags to ntpdate (if enabled).
xntpd_enable="NO"               # Run xntpd Network Time Protocol (or NO).
xntpd_flags=""                  # Flags to xntpd (if enabled).
tickadj_enable="NO"             # Run tickadj (or NO).
tickadj_flags="-Aq"             # Flags to tickadj (if enabled).

# Network Information Services (NIS) options: ###
nis_client_enable="NO"          # We're an NIS client (or NO)   
nis_client_flags=""             # Flags to ypbind (if enabled).
nis_ypset_enable="NO"           # Run ypset at boot time (or NO).
nis_ypset_flags=""              # Flags to ypset (if enabled).
nis_server_enable="NO"          # We're an NIS server (or NO)
nis_server_flags=""             # Flags to ypserv (if enabled).
nis_ypxfrd_enable="NO"          # Run rpc.ypxfrd at boot time (or NO).
nis_ypxfrd_flags=""             # Flags to rpc.ypxfrd (if enabled).
nis_yppasswdd_enable="NO"       # Run rpc.yppasswdd at boot time (or NO).
nis_yppasswdd_flags=""          # Flags to rpc.yppasswdd (if enabled).

### Network routing options: ###
defaultrouter="206.123.60.1"    # Set to default gateway (or NO).
static_routes="static"          # Set to static route list (or leave empty).
gateway_enable="NO"             # Set to YES if this host will be a gateway.
router_enable="YES"             # Set to YES to enable a routing daemon.
router="routed"                 # Name of routing daemon to use if enabled.
router_flags="-q"               # Flags for routing daemon.
mrouted_enable="NO"             # Do multicast routing (see /etc/mrouted.conf)
ipxgateway_enable="NO"          # Set to YES to enable IPX routing.
ipxrouted_enable="NO"           # Set to YES to run the IPX routing daemon.
ipxrouted_flags=""              # Flags for IPX routing daemon.
arpproxy_all=""                 # obsolete kernel option ARP_PROXY_ALL equiv.

rc.conf (71%)                       

Please let me know what's wrong with this picture.

Rick Osteen




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