Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 17:18:32 -0500 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: resolv.conf missing Message-ID: <200410081718.32633.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <1097271639.2782.20.camel@ringo.linux.dp> References: <1097271639.2782.20.camel@ringo.linux.dp>
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On Friday 08 October 2004 04:40 pm, Lance Earl wrote: > I am planning to convert my redhat server (www.dallypost.com) to > 5.x freebsd when 5.x is released as stable. Until then, I am > working with 5.1.2 to get familiar with it. > > I have installed it on a dhcp network with the following: > > dhcp server: 192.168.0.1 > fedora computer: 192.168.0.2 > bsd computer: 192.168.0.3 > > >From the v 5.x computer I can ping 182.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. > > When I try to ping 192.168.0.3, the ping fails. I can however > ping 192.168.0.4 successfully. I cannot ping anything on the > Internet. > > Problem 1: During the install, I set the ip to 192.168.0.3, yet > the bsd computer is responding as 192.168.0.4. I suspect your dhcp server has reassigned the ip. ifconfig will tell you what the ip address is for the bsd computer. > > Problem 2: Because I cannot ping the internet, I went to take a > look at etc/resolv.conf but it is not there. Put resolv.conf in. This is something I've always had to do after a fresh install. Are you familiar with what should be in it? > > I have installed v 4.9 on multiple occasions and it has always > worked fine. Installion of 5.1.2 exactly the same way fails to > connect to the internet via my gateway. Any help will be > appreciated. > Hope that helps a bit. Don -- Donald J. O'Neill donaldj1066@fastmail.fm
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