Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:28:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> To: d.b.dews@camel.com (D B Dews) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new and dumb 2 Message-ID: <199610041728.TAA00497@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> In-Reply-To: <32551BE2.435F@camel.com> from D B Dews at "4. Oct. 96 9:12:02"
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> Thanks to all for your help with previous question. I found > /etc/sysconfig, and learned vi sufficiently to edit it a bit, but where > in this file do I place the DNS (as called in DOS/NT land, don't know > what you call it.) The domain name server IP address? I set it up > thusly in Netconfig Section: > > hostname=asa386-20.camel.com [name of machine BSD is on] > defaultdomainname=camel.com [my domain name] Are you using NIS/YP ? defaultdomainname is NOT the DNS domainname. > tcp_extensions=YES > weak..etc=NO > network_interfaces="ep0" [there was an lo0 in there but it kept coming > up [with a 10Base2 address which messed everything up...my system is > [10BaseT...so I deleted it] > ifconfig_ep0="inet 204.251.34.195 netmask 255.255.255.224" [inet is the > [IP of the BSD box, netmask is my ISP-assigned netmask] > > I chose "NO" for gateway and all else, router=routed. Anyone tell me > where the DNS value should go? It's in /etc/resolv.conf. The simplest form is: domain camel.com nameserver <IP# of your DNS> Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de
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