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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ais.net!darla.visi.com!visi.com!wavefront.com!bitstream.net!not-for-mail From: "Joseph G. Moore" <jomor@bitstream.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: newbie questions (stuff won't work) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 14:14:13 -0600 Organization: Bitstream Underground Lines: 34 Message-ID: <3342BE15.1E3B@bitstream.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port145.bitstream.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38302 I'm new to U**X but not PCs or networking. I'd appreciate any help even if it's just a pointer to the FAQ. I installed FreeBSD a week ago. I DL'd the boot disk image and installed via FTP (modem PPP link to my ISP) no probs except I have a PS2 mouse port and need to compile a custom kernel to enable it, but I didn't get the source code in the orig install. So I get that and try to copy GENERIC to MYKERNEL (logged in as root of course) and I get "cp: permission denied". I'm a bit hesitant to just go and edit GENERIC. I thought root could do anything. Any guesses? problem 2: I want to set up the FreeBSD box to handle forwarding and IP aliasing acting as a gateway on my home LAN to my ISP. I got the tutorial for doing this, but problems remain. The tutorial mentions the "-alias" argument for loading "ppp". The version of "ppp" that I got doesn't seem to support this. All I get is a "usage" nag when I try to use it. I've only been able to ftp successfully through the /stand/sysinstall utility and then only when I connect to my ISP using "term" with ppp in interactive mode. I wrote a chat script that reports "connect success" and "login success" but the "ppp on" prompt doesn't change to "PPP ON" like it does when I connect using "term" It just changes to "ppp ON", it does go into packet mode either way. when I use sysinstall to add distributions via ftp, there's a screen that lets me fill in the gateway and DNS server of my ISP. Where can I configure this for the system? I've gone through the handbook for info on configuring static routes, but at no time does it mention where (which file) static routes are defined, or what the syntax is. I have /etc/hosts set up, as well as /etc/networks, but I need to set the ppp link as the interface for the outside world. I guess I also need to get my ISP's DNS server/s address in there somewhere too. problem 3: I was warned about this before I loaded FreeBSD, but I went ahead anyway... I've started spending way too much time at the console and have every once in a while (like when something actually works)I experience outbursts of maniacal laughter. Will this eventually go away? or does it just get worse? Thanks in advance ...jgm