From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 23 17: 3:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from venus.hili.com (venus.hili.com [207.246.237.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F299137BA75 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:03:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob@stumpweb.com) Received: from bob-pc (bay4-161.nyc.ziplink.net [206.15.145.161]) by venus.hili.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A9B61F054; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:10:23 -0500 (EST) From: "Bob Stump" To: Cc: Subject: RE: Newbie thanking the helpful. Reports incomplete instructions and stupid manual! Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:03:29 -0500 Message-ID: <001b01bf7e62$f64e88e0$01fba8c0@bob-pc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 In-Reply-To: <000101bf7d9a$42b29a60$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org John, How about giving us a step-by-step of the right way to do it? I've been trying to do what you've just done and I'm still having trouble too! I missed all the responses that helped you out. Thanks, Bob >-----Original Message----- >It works! I finally got my FreeBSD box hooked up to the >internet via @home >and the rest of my network (okay, two other machines) can use it as a >gateway! > >Thanks to all those worthy soldiers who hurled their >knowledge, experience, >and patience at the sturdy walls of my ignorance. My reach >now exceeds my >grasp as I don't understand all the implications of WHAT >I've done but I >know HOW I did it! Many books are on the way from Amazon >and they should >correct this imbalance. > >>From my vantage point of experienced internet hacker (I've >run ping AND >whois!) I can now report with certainty that all of the >instructions were >incomplete and the so called manual "The Complete FreeBSD" >is seriously >flawed. > >Not once in all the web pages, archived letters, and helpful >e-mails was I >instructed to check my spelling when editing /etc/rc.conf! >This major >oversight cost me many frustrating days! And the manual >just ASSUMES that I >know which NIC is fxp0 and which one is fxp1! Stupid Manual! > >Well let bygones be bygones! I'm sure now that I've pointed >out these >errors a crack team is at work to correct them. Enough said! > >Now, who wants to help me set up my e-mail? > >Thanks again, > >John Purser > >P.S. If you reply please replay just to chat. I only posted >to questions >because that's were the people who helped heard my cries! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message