Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:44:35 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: "Pieter Donche" <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box Message-ID: <4ad871310811220544g32fadf85t7a6330fa98ce2895@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811221435290.21304@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112006430.700@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <20081111192900.GA5398@icarus.home.lan> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811221353080.20190@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <4ad871310811220508y2b223ad4k31937f4f231b2fab@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811221435290.21304@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Glen Barber wrote: > >>> The PC with WMware is connect to internet. Should one configure >>> Ethernet then. If yes, what static IP parameters must one enter?? >> >> This would be contingent on how you have networking set up. Do you >> have NAT or Bridged only? If NAT, use rc.conf with the inet address >> of your choice and the netmask for your NAT. > > My PC is connected to Internet using an ADSL modem to connect to an ISP. > It uses IP 10.0.0.somevalue, netmask 255.255.255.0, no gateway specified > and two DNS server IP addresses which my ISP asked to use. > > Is this 'NAT' or 'Bridged'. > You'd have to tell me; it's your VM. Check the network settings in the management interface. > Can I enter values and then what values, for host, domain, IPV4 gateway, > Name server, IPV4 address, netmask in the screen presented during FreeBSD > install > or should i use Cancel in that screen and make changes in system files (and > what changes in what system files)? > Either will work. -- Glen Barber "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams
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