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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.cybercom.net!kalypso.cybercom.net!jparnas From: jparnas@cybercom.net (Jacob Parnas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: How do I network 2 Machines running FreeBSD Date: 27 Jan 1996 13:17:36 GMT Organization: Cyber Access Internet Communications, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4ed8lh$fur@orion.cybercom.net> References: <4disje$5id@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kalypso.cybercom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Constantine Gavalas (cgavalas@panix.com) wrote: : I need a cookbook formula so I can link my two machines. : The two machines are connected with a thinlan cable and 2 : DEC Ethernet cards. I have been trying to get the routing and : configuration for the past couple of days with not much luck and : the FreeBSD handbook does not mention anything on the subject. How about # ifconfig xx0 inet from-name to-name netmask your-netmask xx0= what your ethernet adapter comes up on in autoconf (bootup) You could read the ifconfig manual for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Jacob M. Parnas | | IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. | | Internet: jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------