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09-06-2005, 11:14 AM
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Unsure of what to put in Network Configuration - please help
I am trying out FreeBSD, and I do not know what to put in the different fields..
They are:
Host
Domain
IPv4 Gateway
Name Server
IPv4 Address
Netmask
Any help is much appreciated.
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09-06-2005, 11:40 AM
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Lets start from the begining, how do you connect?Give as much information as you can.
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09-06-2005, 11:44 AM
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Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Bosie, ID
Distribution: Fedora Core 4, Kurumin,BackTrack, Slackware 10.2, IPCop
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well...
Host = your computer name
Domain = your Network name (i.e. comp1.home)
IPv4 Gateway = your gateway to the internet. i.e your router, DSL/Cable modem, what ever.
Name Server = DNS server. IF you're on DSL/cable, you could probably use the address of your gateway for this one, or conatact your ISP for the information
IPv4 address = your IP address. Like 192.168.0.5 or something.
Net mask = your subnet mask, like on Windows or anything else. Usually, for a private class network, this will be 255.255.255.0. But you can change that as long as you change it on the rest of the network as well.
NOTE: the values for the addresses (minus the Name Server) must all match up to the last number.
For example, your gateway is 192.168.0.1, the rest of your network must be 192.168.0.x where x is not 1. If you differ from this, your machines will not be able to communicate.
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09-06-2005, 12:00 PM
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Mt ISP is Comcast Cable and I am using a Dell Wireless 2350 Broadband Router. The router's IP is 192.168.2.1. The internal IP of the computer I am currently on (not FreeBSD) is 192.168.2.2.
I am mostly confused with domain and the two !Pv4 things.
Last edited by xTheLostx; 09-06-2005 at 12:05 PM.
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09-06-2005, 12:39 PM
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In system diagnostic in the router settings, this is displayed:
IP Address 66.30.172.1
Gateway IP Address 66.30.160.1
Domain Name Server(DNS) IP Address 24.34.240.9 24.34.241.9 68.87.64.196
Host Name my.router
PPPoE Enable No
Device IP address as 192.168.2.1
Device Network Mask 255.255.255.0
DHCP Server Enabled
Pool from 192.168.2.1
Pool to 192.168.2.254
If any of this information is sensitive and I should not have revealed it, please alert me, thanks.
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09-06-2005, 01:34 PM
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Could somebody please help me out? I'm still not quite sure how to set this up..
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09-06-2005, 02:09 PM
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09-06-2005, 02:16 PM
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When I try doing dhcp in sysinstall, it goes to this list..
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09-06-2005, 02:20 PM
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http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...tall-post.html
read this part;
Selecting [ Yes ] will execute dhclient, and if successful, will fill in the network configuration information automatically. Refer to Section 24.5 for more information.
Last edited by comprookie2000; 09-06-2005 at 02:23 PM.
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09-06-2005, 02:23 PM
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I have done this with no luck.
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09-06-2005, 02:26 PM
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Are you sure your hardware is supported;
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR
AMD Athlon64 3000+
Chaintech GeForce FX5500 256mb
Corsair ValueSelect 1GB PC3200 RAM
Raidmax ATX-822WBP
Are you trying to use a card to connect to this;
Dell Wireless 2350 Broadband Router
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09-06-2005, 02:46 PM
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No, that is a different computer... I'm not sure all of the specs of the other, but it is a Gateway (450?) with an RTL8139 network card.
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09-06-2005, 06:18 PM
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Is there maybe something wrong with dhcp?
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