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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!xyplex4-1-9.ucs.indiana.edu!pi From: pi@xyplex4-1-9.ucs.indiana.edu (Ray Gilbert) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1.5R SLIP problems & misc. Message-ID: <CsG0yH.MHu@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: pi@indiana.edu (Ray Gilbert) Nntp-Posting-Host: xyplex4-1-9.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University References: <2v75qi$n4k@venus.mcs.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 01:18:16 GMT Lines: 32 jal@MCS.COM (John A. LaCour III) wrote: >However, I'm not sure what syntax I should use with the route command. With >my Windows SLIP software, the gateway address is 0.0.0.0. But this doesn't >seem to work here. Do I need to find out the ip address of the terminal >server or what? No. In the kernel's routing tables, the address is stored as 0.0.0.0, however route doesn't recognize this. Instead, it uses the name 'default', eg to set it up with route you'd do something like: % route add default 123.456.78.9 (or whatever your gateway is) >One little note on kermit, if you install from the /ports directory, make sure >that you edit the Makefile so it put the man page in the right place - it >tries to put it some place that doesn't exist instead of /usr/share/man. >Also, make will try to put the binary in /usr/local/bin when there isn't a >directory with that name after the default install. Your kermit binary >ends up being named ``bin'' in the /usr/local directory. This is not a bug. By default, kermit should be installed in /usr/local/bin and the man pages should be in /usr/local/man. If you don't have /usr/local/* directories on your system, you should create them. Whenever you install new software on your system, it's usually a good idea to put it in /usr/local, rather than places like /usr/src, /usr/bin, /usr/share/man, etc etc. At the very least, you should always try to keep new software seperate from system software, so that when it comes time to upgrade to FreeBSD 2.0 you won't have to reinstall any of your local stuff. :) -- /----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Raymond L. Gilbert | "...the present rule in computing the circle's | | pi@indiana.edu | area is entirely wrong..." | | IUB Dept. of Physics | - Bill No. 246, Indiana State Legislature, 1897|