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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: "No route to host" error???
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 16:35:26 +1000
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To: dsmith@cs.uoregon.edu

dsmith@cs.uoregon.edu wrote:
> 
>   I just installed FreeBSD yesterday for my first time, so I am very
> new to it.  Everything went okay (except that my PS/2 mouse doesn't
> work.  Any ideas) installing it over the network (ethernet), but now

You need to enable the PS/2 bus mouse using the 'psm0' device.  Take a
look in the LINT (/usr/src/sys/i386/conf) file for details!

> when I try to telnet or FTP anywhere that is not on my network (U of
> Oregon), it gives me a "no route to host" error.  Why would this be?
> In other words, I can telnet to "gladstone.uoregon.edu", or I can FTP
> to "ftp.uoregon.edu," but I can't FTP to "ftp.freebsd.org."  I don't
> understand why this would be since I was able to install off of that
> server originally.  Does anyone have any ideas on this?  Thanks a lot

Looks like a missing default route to your "gateway" router.  Do a
'netstat -r' and if you don't have a default route then edit your
"/etc/sysconfig" file, pointing to a router on your LAN and reboot!

> for any information!
> 
> ---
> Douglas A. Smith
> dsmith@cs.uoregon.edu