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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!192.35.251.21!news.spss.com!uchinews!news From: stephen farrell <sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Please help a freeBSD newbie X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <87g1ywm4b8.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 36 Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 References: <3304827D.549F@crl.com> <330886eb.2749133@Server> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.89) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 04:42:19 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35686 paolo@paolo.com (Paolo Hutchison) writes: > > >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. > basically, you'll probably want to set up your freebsd box to "support" the network. you'll want to run routed (routing daemon), and DNS if you don't want to use names and not ip numbers (since macs don't have an /etc/hosts). setting up the routing daemon is quite easy, you simply set up some ip numbers (use the ones from the previous post), run routed, and then tell the macs to use the freebsd box as a "router" or "gateway" or whatever it is in the IP control panel. DNS is not as essential, since you can get by typing in ip numbers for a while. DNS is really easy to set up, actually, all you need is a sample config file and database to work with (otherwise it's a pain). then you just stick your database in the right place and type named. if you're up to this point and stuck here, i can send you some sample DNS configs and databases. -- steve farrell