Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 14:01:06 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: doug@bigwheel.net (Doug Jolley) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuring Networking Message-ID: <199708011901.OAA08695@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199708011701.KAA15080@neptune.neptune.net> from Doug Jolley at "Aug 1, 97 10:01:16 am"
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in /etc/rc.conf set: network_interfaces="lo0 your-ethernet" ifconfig_your-ethernet=inet ip-addr netmask 255.255.x.x" In a previous message, Doug Jolley said: > Hi -- > > I'm trying to setup networking on FreeBSD 2.2.2. I've compiled > the kernel so that it recognizes my ethernet card, set the > hostname in /etc/rc.conf, and configured the /etc/hosts file. > > I can ping localhost just fine; but, when I go to ping the IP > address of the host I get: > > ping: sendto: No route to host > > I'm assuming that there's at least one thing I haven't done that > I should have. Is there some documentation describing the steps > I should be following? If not, could someone fill me in (assuming > that's not a huge job). > > Thanks for any input. > > ... doug > _____________________________________________________________________ > Doug Jolley mailto://doug@bigwheel.net http://www.bigwheel.net > Don't bogart that file, my friend. Net it over to me. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- All in the golden afternoon While little hands make vain pretence Full leisurely we glide; Our wanderings to guide. For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, --Lewis Caroll
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