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Date:      Thu, 29 May 1997 13:56:35 -0600
From:      Rick Osteen <rosteen@1eagle1.com>
To:        Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newbee, please help; You were right!
Message-ID:  <1.5.4.32.19970529195635.00752ca8@192.41.5.53>

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It was a type-o on the default gateway. I thank you and all who put in their
two cents worth.

Rick Osteen
type-o-newbee


At 06:33 PM 5/29/97 +0300, you wrote:
>
>
>On Thu, 29 May 1997, Rick Osteen wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>It's hard to tell *all* the things that may go wrong without knowig your 
>setup (what routers you have, their addresses, your DNS server etc.), but 
>I'll give it a shot:
>
>> 
>> 
>> ### 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).
>
>First problem. LEAVE lo0 IN!!! Some things may go south without the 
>loopback interface. Same goes for the ifconfig_lo0 below.
>Your network_interfaces should read "ed0 lo0"
>
>> 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).
>
>This won't work! You've set the host on the network 207.123.60. The 
>router must be on the same net (looks like a typoe to me...)
>
>> static_routes="static"          # Set to static route list (or leave empty).
>
>Should probably be left 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.
>
>You probably don't need a routing daemon. Unless you know why you need 
>one I'd set router_enable to NO.
>
>> 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.
>
>I tried to...
>
>> 
>> Rick Osteen
>> 
>> 
>Nadav
>
>




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