Re: Network config on FreeBSD 5.1 - Help!

From: zera holladay (zera_holladay_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/03/04

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    Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:59:16 -0700 (PDT)
To: aussie gal <freebsder51@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org

    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 <freebsder51@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > Yeah - I have read it.
    >
    > when I do the ifconfig i get:
    > vr0: flags=8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX,
    > 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 <zera_holladay@yahoo.com> 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
    > >
    > >
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