Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:15:24 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'jserf' <jserf@flash.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FTP Install Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105985@site2s1>
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Um.. you don't want to specify a gateway address, that's probably why it's failing. The ppp will negotiate that for you. Otherwise it all sounds good to me. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: jserf [SMTP:jserf@flash.net] > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 7:49 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: FTP Install > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a laptop using FTP. The laptop is an > NEC Versa P75. The modem I am using is an external Zoom 33.6, which > works pretty well with a wintel box. I have the most recent boot disks, > and am using the novice installation. I am able to connect to my ISP > through the terminal program, but the machine fails to resolve whatever > FTP site I am selecting. I am assuming that this is because I am not > correctly filling in the network information section. Do you think you > could tell me what I ought to be putting into these fields? In the host > name, I have just been putting in something like "jserf.flash.net" or > just "jserf" In the domain name I have been typing "flash.net" In the > gateway, I have no clue what to type. I have tried leaving it blank, and > also typing in the DNS addy. In the name server, I am typing 209.30.0.9, > FlashNet's primary DNS server. I'm not sure about the other fields. I > apologize asking you such simple questions; I am very new to BSD. I work > here at FlashNet, so if you need any more information, please feel free > to ask, and I'm sure I can get it somehow. Thanks in advance for any > assistance you can provide! > > -Joe, The Feeble FlashNet Serf > > > 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
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