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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!cdc2.cdc.net!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: paolo@paolo.com (Paolo Hutchison) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Please help a freeBSD newbie Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 22:17:46 GMT Organization: Ideas of Reference Lines: 28 Message-ID: <330886eb.2749133@Server> References: <3304827D.549F@crl.com> Reply-To: paolo@paolo.com NNTP-Posting-Host: iofr.vip.best.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/32.339 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35593 When you installed freebsd did you assign it an ip and all that? On boot does it recognize the net card? can you ping yourself? can you ping the macs? can the macs ping you? for an internal internet, you should use ip #'s 192.168.0.1-192.168.255.255 and probably a netmask of 255.255.0.0 let me know if you need more help! -paolo paolo@paolo.com Anthony Picciano <picciano@crl.com> wrote: >Okay, I got FreeBSD installed on my 486/66 PC. I have a small LAN >consisting of two Macs, an 8-port hub and the PC. The PC has a 3com >3c509 ethernet card. I can't get the PC (while running FreeBSD) to talk >to the Macs and vice versa. > >What are some obvious things I need to do to configure FreeBSD (such as >what to put in sysconfig) to be be to FTP to my Mac server, have my Macs >FTP to the PC, and have my Macs telnet to my PC. Please include the >"obvious" things I may have overlooked--this is my first attempt at >configuring any UNIX system. What netmask should I use. I'm not >connecting externally, what IP's should I use? > >Reply by e-mail as well as posting would be appreciated. Thanks.