Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 22:01:10 -0700 (PDT) From: sonam singh <sonam_singh_s@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@FREEBSD.ORG, timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com Subject: Re: Network config for new install Message-ID: <20021015050110.55462.qmail@web40504.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20021014225359.D46684-100000@serv1.wallnet.com>
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U CAN GIVE ANY HOST NAME E.G BSD.XYZ.COM IN /ETC/HOSTS TO CONFIGURE THE NETOWK CARD LOOK AT THE DMESG OUTPUT IT SHOWS U NETWORK CARD U HAVE . OR USE IFCONFIG U CAN ALSO USE /STAND/SYSINSTALL TO CONFIGURE IT REGARDS SONAM SINGH --- Tim Kellers <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com> wrote: > Your hostname is simply the name of your computer. > As any user, type > hostname at the shell prompt and it will return the > name the computer > thinks it is (the FreeBSD default is Amnesiac). > > If, as root, you type "hostname" (without the > quotation marks, of course), > you make the hostname anything you like. If you > want a new hostname to > remain after reboot, you have to enter it into > /etc/rc.conf > > For the Domain name, type in the static ip address > that the DSL provider > has assigned you. After you get up and running with > network support, you > can type: > nslookup (the IP address you entered) > > and FreeBSD will return, usually*, the DNS > equivalent of the IP address > you > entered. You can change the ip address Domain Name > to the value that > nslookup returns if you like, but its not really > important to do. > > Tim Kellers > CPE/NJIT > > * I say "usually" because some ISP's don't have true > DNS entries assigned > to their distributed IP addresses. It's somewhat > rare, but it happens. > > > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, John Daniels wrote: > > > I will be installing 4.7-RELEASE over ftp. I have > a static DSL connection. > > I have looked through all the relevent docs but I > can not find the answer to > > this: > > > > Network config part of Sysinstall asks for a Host > name and Domain name. > > But, I do not yet have a domain name, so... > > > > a) should I purchase one before I start the > install? (if so > > is this necessary or very convenient -> > recommended?) > > b) can I enter anything for Host name and Domain > name and > > change it later? (will this make my life very > difficult?) > > c) can you point me to any docs? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > John > > > > > > (c) Copyright 2002 John Daniels. All rights > reserved. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN > Hotmail. > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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