From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 11 20:14:12 2008 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 7B0B5106566C for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:14:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B8A68FC13 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2BKE995093739; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:14:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 251CCB82A; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:14:09 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:14:09 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Andy Watts Message-ID: <20080311201408.GA90714@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Andy Watts , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <47D6DCAB.2000907@btinternet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47D6DCAB.2000907@btinternet.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie internet connection question 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, 11 Mar 2008 20:14:12 -0000 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 07:25:31PM +0000, Andy Watts wrote: > l downloaded FreeBSD 6.3 the other day out of curiosity.. >=20 > The installation started ok but it all went wrong when it came to=20 > connecting to the internet through my wired router >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.ht= ml You're reading the handbook. That's a very good start. :-) =20 > l'm really not sure what entries to put in fig 2-29 that will allow my=20 > connection. Most routers will have a DHCP server running to hand out addresses and such. When it asks 'Do you want to try DHCP configuration of the interface?' Just say 'yes'. Use the IP address of your router as the gateway address. > My router's address is 192.168.1.1 and running ifconfig on my linux machi= ne=20 > gives the following: > Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated If you don't know what network hardware you have, use alt-F4 to switch to a shell and give the command 'dmesg | grep Ethernet'. On my machine this gives; rl0: Ethernet address: 00:1e:23:2f:1b:g1 indicating that I have hardware using the rl(4) driver. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfW6BAACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXEagCfW5Fuejm7Spp2oxPc4b6m1OVv phoAn1jk7727Tl/ld88CbN063lWViqC9 =HQsq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--