Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:54:54 +0530 From: Shantanoo <freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net> To: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't connect to the internet Message-ID: <20040730162454.GA52561@dhumketu.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <41076B6C.7050307@nbritton.org>
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+++ Nikolas Britton [freebsd] [28-07-04 04:01 -0500]: | Sandbox Video Productions wrote: | | >I'm can't connect to the internet. I have my computer | >connected to a router via NIC. the lights on the | >router are lit and so are the lights on the NIC. Thus, | >I know i have a connection. I tried ping -c 10 | >192.168.1.1 and all i got was | >ping: sendto: No route host | > | >I can't seem to find a simple to tutorial on this | >specific problem of just connecting to the internet | >through a router. I have found how to make your pc a | >router and connecting via serial cables and modems, | >but this is different. | >Please help or point me to a specific online manual. | >thanks very much | > | Does the computer have an ip address? | Is defaultrouter set in rc.conf? | | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html # route add default gw 192.168.1.1 if you forgot defaultrouter in rc.conf. Provided you nic is configured properly. Else, to configure NIC, # ifconfig rl0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 change rl0 according to your NIC. Make sure that 192.168.1.2 is not assigned to any other machine on the network. Regards, Shantanoohome | help
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