Re: how to get it online

From: Joshua Lokken (joshua.lokken_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/22/04

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    Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:27:47 -0600
To: Bagus <bagus@cox.net>

    On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:20:21 -0600, Bagus <bagus@cox.net> wrote:
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > I hope this mailing list can help. I just installed freebsd 5.3-Release onto
    > a new hard drive and I can't seem to get it online with my dhcp cable modem
    > thru a linksys hub. Later it will be moving to a static ip, so any help with
    > that transition now would be helpful too, but for now I have the machine at
    > home and need to install software on it.
    >
    > If I give a
    > >ifconfig
    > fxp0: flags =8802 <bradcast, simplex, multicast> mtu 1500
    > options =8<VLAN_MTU>
    > ether 00:a0:c9:e6:11:b1
    > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
    > status:active
    > there's plip0 and lo0 as well...
    >
    > >ping freebsd.org
    > ping: cannot resolve freebsd.org: Host name lookup failure.
    >
    > As an aside, I'm stunned this isn't a FAQ or part of the freebsd manual:
    > "How to get your computer online". Really I'd rather not be posting this
    > question to a mailing list. It seems so basic, yet I can't find an answer
    > out there. If anyone has any references, I'd appreciate it.

    Hostname lookup failure sounds like a dns problem to me.
    Is there anything in /etc/resolv.conf ? How is fxp0 assigned an
    IP? DHCP? If so, do you have a line like the following in /etc/rc.conf:

    ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"

    How did you setup the Linksys? Default (out-of-the-box) settings?
    Is the DHCP server turned on at the router? What does the status
    page of the router settings show?

    The FreeBSD Handbook is a great reference:

    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ 

    -- 
Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate
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