From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 11 13:34:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icicle.winternet.com (icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4392F14F1F for ; Tue, 11 May 1999 13:34:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nrahlstr@mail.winternet.com) Received: from tundra.winternet.com (nrahlstr@tundra.winternet.com [198.174.169.11]) by icicle.winternet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA27283; Tue, 11 May 1999 15:33:57 -0500 (CDT) SMTP "HELO" (ESMTP) greeting from tundra.winternet.com But _really_ from :: nrahlstr@tundra.winternet.com [198.174.169.11] SMTP "MAIL From" = nrahlstr@mail.winternet.com (Nathan Ahlstrom) SMTP "RCPT To" = Received: (from nrahlstr@localhost) by tundra.winternet.com (8.8.7/8.8.4) id PAA18608; Tue, 11 May 1999 15:33:47 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19990511153346.D17399@winternet.com> Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 15:33:46 -0500 From: Nathan Ahlstrom To: Matthew Amelin , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question on LAN SETUP References: <8525676E.006F047C.00@leia.alpinecsi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <8525676E.006F047C.00@leia.alpinecsi.com>; from Matthew Amelin on Tue, May 11, 1999 at 04:23:07PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matthew Amelin wrote: > could you please tell me about setting up by bsd laptop so I can get on my > network at work my nic is working and I am pretty knowledgeable about > tcp/ip I need to know where do I put in my gateway address (the box I am > trying to get at) and my dns server address so I can get up on the > network here. Or could you lead me in the right place that has help on > this kind of this subject "like a specific page" > thanks you! you guys are GREAT! and have always been helpful! Put dns info into /etc/resolv.conf like this: domain mydomainnamehere.com nameserver 0.0.0.0 substitute you dns servers ip address for 0.0.0.0 In /etc/rc.conf there should be a defaultrouter variable that you set to the ip of your gateway. -- Nathan Ahlstrom FreeBSD: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ nrahlstr@winternet.com PGP Key ID: 0x67BC9D19 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message