Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:00:25 -0700 (PDT) From: aussie gal <freebsder51@yahoo.com> To: zera holladay <zera_holladay@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network config on FreeBSD 5.1 - Help! Message-ID: <20040603200025.20108.qmail@web60206.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040603185916.38672.qmail@web41412.mail.yahoo.com>
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This is the set-up: I have a High-Speed Internet connection. What you would call a DSL modem connection. I have the main modem connection hooked up to a 4-port hub. Two ports are connected to WinXP boxes and the third one is connected to my freebsd box into the ethernet port supplied by the Asus motherboard (it has a build-in RJ port). I have the other two XP boxes up and running but my freebsd box is (as you can see) struggling. Longterm prospects: 1) After I can get freebsd networked, I would like to eventually install some security and then take over the world with a cluster of boxes designed by top secret software. <evil grin> 2) <grin> Just kidding. I want to set up a small network of computers running off of this freebsd server, a mail server, and a half decent web server with Perl/php/etc and maybe some other cook bells and whistles. But yes, I will probably want some security via a firewall at some point as well. Maybe sooner rather than later. But I first need to pick-up the networking fundementals Btw, In the initial Sysinstall > Network configuation dialogs I specified that I did not want Ipv6 and that I wanted dchp. For the "network configuration" screen i filled in the following: Host: host.name.com domain: name.com ipv4 gateway: blank Name server: this is my isp's dns server's ip address and for the "Configuration for Interface vr0" dialog I write: ipv4 address: Blank Netmask: 255.255.255.0 <- I just changed this to 255.255.0.0 as per your suggestion extra options: blank I hope this helps. Any thoughts on how to help me find my IP address? Thanks for your suggestion. Regards, Nav zera holladay <zera_holladay@yahoo.com> wrote: How do you connect (or want to connect) to your network or to the internet? Do you have your own private network and you connect through a gateway or router, or do you have a DSL modem attached directly to your ethernet card? You are not getting an IP address and your netmask is for a very, very large network. Networking is like cooking -- you have to first decide what you want to cook with the ingredients you have, then you have to get a recipe and follow it. -zh --- aussie gal wrote: > Yeah - I have read it. > > when I do the ifconfig i get: > vr0: flags=8843> MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::20e:a6ff:..[hexidecimal ipv6 > address]%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopid 0x1 > inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff0000000 broadcast > 255.255.255.255 > ether 00:0e:a6:.. [hexidecimal ipv4 address] > media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP) > status: active > > The one thing that I noticed was that the example on > the website has all the addresses in > non-hexcedecimal format and my output has them all > in hex ipv6/4. > Do I really need ipv6? If not, how do I get rid of > it or does it matter? > > This poses a problem because I am suppose to include > my IP address as per the example on the website: > > ifconfig_dc0="inet 192.168.1.3 netmask > 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_dc1="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 > media 10baseT/UTP" > > BUT these addresses are not in hexidecimal whereas > my inet #s are. > > Any ideas what is going on here? > > Btw, my rc.conf file includes the following: > > font8x14 ="NO" > font8X16 = "NO" > gateway_enable="YES" > inetd_enable="YES" > linux_enable="YES" > moused_enable="YES" > moused_port="/dev/psm0" > moused_type="auto" > nfs_client_enable="YES" > nfs_server_enable="YES" > rpcbind_enable="YES" > saver="rain" > > scrnmap="NO" > usbd_enable="YES" > sendmail_enable="YES" > #ifconfig_vr0="inet6 hex address netmask > 255.255.255.0" > #ipv6_enable="NO" > hostname= "..." > ppp_enable="YES" > ppp_mode="ddial" > ppp_nat="YES" > ppp_profile="bellnet.ca" > sendmail_enable="YES" > gateway_enable="YES" > rpc_statd_enable="YES" > tcp_extensions="YES" > hostname="..." > ifconfig_vr0="DHCP" > > > Thanks! > fb51 > > > zera holladay wrote: > Have you read this yet? > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html > > -zh > > --- aussie gal wrote: > > Hi - I'm trying to configure my network card on a > > newly installed freebsd 5.1. > > BUT - I can get the system to come on line. It > > recoginizes the hardware as being UP ... > > > > I've been hitting several TCP/IP how-tos on the > web > > and doing lots of reading and tweaking to no > avail. > > > > Please advise. Does anyone have experience with > > 5.1? > > > > Regards, > > > > fb51 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! 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