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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
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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