Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:27:47 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com> To: Bagus <bagus@cox.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to get it online Message-ID: <bc5b638504122208276c47bbba@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <NFBBJMMIKLKCDJIPOPLFIEPIELAA.bagus@cox.net> References: <NFBBJMMIKLKCDJIPOPLFIEPIELAA.bagus@cox.net>
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:20:21 -0600, Bagus <bagus@cox.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > I hope this mailing list can help. I just installed freebsd 5.3-Release onto > a new hard drive and I can't seem to get it online with my dhcp cable modem > thru a linksys hub. Later it will be moving to a static ip, so any help with > that transition now would be helpful too, but for now I have the machine at > home and need to install software on it. > > If I give a > >ifconfig > fxp0: flags =8802 <bradcast, simplex, multicast> mtu 1500 > options =8<VLAN_MTU> > ether 00:a0:c9:e6:11:b1 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status:active > there's plip0 and lo0 as well... > > >ping freebsd.org > ping: cannot resolve freebsd.org: Host name lookup failure. > > As an aside, I'm stunned this isn't a FAQ or part of the freebsd manual: > "How to get your computer online". Really I'd rather not be posting this > question to a mailing list. It seems so basic, yet I can't find an answer > out there. If anyone has any references, I'd appreciate it. Hostname lookup failure sounds like a dns problem to me. Is there anything in /etc/resolv.conf ? How is fxp0 assigned an IP? DHCP? If so, do you have a line like the following in /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" How did you setup the Linksys? Default (out-of-the-box) settings? Is the DHCP server turned on at the router? What does the status page of the router settings show? The FreeBSD Handbook is a great reference: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ -- Joshua Lokken Open Source Advocate
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