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From: Tim Trampedach <100322.3235@CompuServe.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Internet configuration
Date: 27 Feb 1996 20:49:00 GMT
Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736)
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Message-ID: <4gvqns$k4u$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com>

Hello everyone!

I am running FreeBSD 2.1 and have some internet problems: I cannot 
locate a DNS, i.e. nslookup always fails. Could someone please tell 
me the exact configuration of my ethernet card through which the 
computer is connected to the Internet. Here is my connection data:

	* I am connected through a router (194.120.57.141)
	* My IP address: 194.120.57.142
	* My machine's name: dsc.isar.de
	* My net's address: 194.120.57.140 (net.dsc.isar.de)
	* the broadcast IP: 194.120.57.143 (broadcast.dsc.isar.de)

Could you please tell me in which files exactly what needs to be 
specified. The Ethernet card's device name is ed0 by the way and in 
general everything works concerning the card expect anything to do 
with domain names, although telnet and ftp to IP addresses is not a 
problem.
Another hint: when I boot, it tells me twice that 'My host's name 
does not seem to exist!', although it does exist.

Thank you very much for any help.

Tim Trampedach