Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:28:33 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN <rmvg@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: make world Message-ID: <403C78D1.5010500@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <20040225100025.GB11792@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <403C67FD.1080403@shaw.ca> <20040225100025.GB11792@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:16:45AM -0700, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: >[...] > > >>when i try to ping google.ca i get >>cannot resolve google.ca :host name lookup failure >> >> Can you ping a numeric ip address on the internet? If you can, it's a nameserver (/etc/resolv.conf) issue. If not, it's a networking problem. >>doing an ifconfig i get no inet or subnet just the active status >> >> I'm not aware how you could network without an ip address and subnet mask. What's the exact output of ifconfig? What is your /etc/rc.conf? Specifically, what lines are there of the form: ifconfig_[interface name]="inet [ip address] netmask [subnet mask]" and defaultrouter="[router address]" Have you tried using ifconfig to give an ip address to your interface(s)? PWR
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