Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 08:52:46 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Tim O'Neil" <toniel@flash.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: need more net hints Message-ID: <19980302085246.15557@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980301095200.00ae5630@pop.flash.net>; from Tim O'Neil on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 09:52:00AM -0800 References: <3.0.32.19980301183850.02ff3c54@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de> <3.0.3.32.19980301095200.00ae5630@pop.flash.net>
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On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 9:52:00 -0800, Tim O'Neil wrote: > At 06:38 PM 3/1/98 -0100, you wrote: >> Tim, >> >> please give us some facts, for exmaple your /etc/hosts file, /etc/host.conf, >> /etc/resolv.conf, the part of /etc/rc.conf that configures your network-card. >> Once again: >> 1. check the device-configuration of your network card in /etc/rc.conf >> (IP and netmask) > > I don't have this file in /etc. Ah. What version of FreeBSD are you running? (See, this information is useful :-) It's probably called /etc/sysconfig. >> 2. setup your /etc/hosts file. You need a hosts-file on every machine in >> your net, ALSO on the NT-box. The hosts-file on the NT-box is similiar to >> the hosts-file on your BSD-box. > > Did so. > >> 3. change /etc/host.conf that "bind" comes AFTER "hosts" >> 4. if you have need for an extern nameserver, setup /etc/resolv.conf >> with an nameserver-entry pointing to a running and functional nameserver. > > I don't know that I need an extern nameserver. Do I? No. >> 5. That's it. > > Same as before. I guess I need this rc.conf file. Where can I get > a copy? It comes with the system, starting with 2.2.2 (I think). Before that it was /etc/sysconfig. Take whatever you have. Another thing you need to check is that you *don't* have an /etc/resolv.conf. If you do, rename it. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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