Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:35:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Douglas Setzer <DSetzer@yorkcity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Problem. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808141533420.13156-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <s5d4543c.051@yorkcity.org>
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On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Douglas Setzer wrote: > This the second time this has happened, so maybe you guys can help so > I don't have to do a reinstall again. Reinstalling is a Windows methodology that does NOT work with FreeBSD. We're much more civilized than that. :-) That's why we have configuration files and 'ifconfig'. > We moved the physical location of our FreeBSD machine from one room to > another, in doing so, we ended up booting the FreeBSD machine while it > was not connected to the network. We hooked a cable into it after it > was booted (sitting at a login prompt)- I logged in as root and shut > it down- we restarted the computer and now it will not ping the > network- not it's gateway, and definately nothing outside. Hack /etc/rc.conf and check your 'ifconfig_xx0' line and make sure it's set up with the proper IP and netmask for the new net, and change 'defaultrouter' to point to the new router. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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