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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.gtn.com!klemm.gtn.com!usenet From: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: !!HELP!! ETHERNET Date: 8 Jul 1996 18:01:06 GMT Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4rrid2$qe@klemm.gtn.com> References: <31E021B4.49ED@triode.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: klemm.gtn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 To: Roger Dunk <roger@triode.apana.org.au> In article <31E021B4.49ED@triode.apana.org.au>, Roger Dunk <roger@triode.apana.org.au> writes: > I been trying (unsucessfully) for the past week or so to get an > Ethernet connection working with FreeBSD. An ethernet connection ... on the local LAN ? Or via dialup Modem ? > I am using NE2000 adapters, which are recognised correctly etc, > but I don't know what I need to put in the /etc/hosts and > /etc/sysconfig files to get it to function. During installation you'll be asked network parameters ... The sysconfig file is also well documented ... Perhaps you need some basic skills in networking ... ?! Try buying BSD Administration by Nemeth, Snyder ... > What I want to be able to do is browse the web etc from my other > computer running Win95. So you want to configure your FreeBSD machine as a gateway ? Well that's no problem, but a hell to tell you everything via News/Mail. > Could somebody possible tell me what I need to do to get it working. > I don't have the proper IP numbers yet, so could somebody give me > examples using fake numbers that would function over a local system. *sigh* > Also what IP numbers etc to enter in the Win95 networking stuff? *sigh* One question ... how do you connect to your internet service provider ? Via Modem and PPP or SLIP or what ? -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<