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Date:      Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:10:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        George Kent <sou0c8@mcmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp setup
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980415161008.5466E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35323BD1.54AB@mcmail.com>

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On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, George Kent wrote:

> When I use stand/sysinstall and try to install Freebsd using ftp it will
> not resolve hostname 'ftp.freebsd.org', I have a standard 28800 modem,
> my internet provider is Cable and Wireless and there address is
> 195.44.0.12: My e-mail address is sou0c8@mcmail.com. My domain name is
> sou0c8.mcmail.com. I am a complete novice to Unix, so I would appreciate
> the help as, in my opinion, it is not very clearly explained.

You need to get your nameserver address from your ISP and plug that into
the `Name server' field on the network interface setup screen.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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