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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swiss.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: johnm68000@aol.com (JohnM68000) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD and new network connection Date: 2 Sep 1994 10:25:04 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 21 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <347ck0$pb7@search01.news.aol.com> References: <2vbrb2$pn3@portal.gmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <2vbrb2$pn3@portal.gmu.edu>, twallace@mason1.gmu.edu (Todd A Wallace) writes: No you don't. 1) You need to edit /etc/myname to contain the name of your BSD machine i.e. foo.bar.you (this is the only line in /etc/myname). 2) exit your /etc/hosts file to contain a line that has the BSD machine's IP address and host name, i.e.. 195.123.123.1 foo.bar.you 3) edit your /etc/networks file to have the entry: 255.255.255.0 my-netmask 4) edit your /etc/netstart file to enable the network. Typical entry for NE2000 (this may work for NE1000, I've never tried it) ifconfig ne0 inet $hostname netmask my-netmask 5) restart the system and you should be okay. jam