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From: Doug Leary <dleary@compumedia.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: newbie questions (stuff won't work)
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 03:49:31 -0700
Organization: Information Superhighway to Hell
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Hi! You mention in a recent posting that you were able to install
FreeBSD via ftp with no problems. I am amazed and in awe. You may have
noted that several of us are having difficulty getting this thing to
work. Would you be willing to help?
The doc says you need to know, at a minimum, your ISP's IP address.
Okay, I know that and the domain name. What I need to know is where to
put these pieces of information in the six or eight fields presented by
the ppp procedure. Various combinations of domain name, IP address, zero
and blank have succeeded to varying points, but inevitably it fails to
connect to the ftp site.
Could you please look over my example below and tell me what looks
wrong? If I can get this thing to work, I volunteer not only to post my
results here but also to write it up nicely and submit it to FreeBSD for
inclusion in install.doc!
Assuming my ISP's domain is compumedia.com, their IP is 199.242.25.6,
and I don't know my own machine's IP because it's dynamically assigned,
my guesses for filling in the PPP screen are as follows:
- Network configuration -
Host: compumedia.com (also tried galadriel.compumedia.com,
having seen that somewhere, since the
example is 3-part foo.bar.com)
Domain: compumedia.com
Gateway: <blank>
Name Server: 191.242.25.6
- Configuration for interface ppp0 -
IP Address: <blank>
Net Mask: 255.255.255.0 (the default)
For the dialog box "What is the IP address of your service provider?"
My guesses: 191.242.25.6 and ftp://191.242.25.6
I have also tried leaving it 0, but then the procedure seems to go off
in limbo after I come back from logging into my service.
I understand about entering 'term' and giving the modem an ATDT command
to dial up, then I log into my service. It's not clear to me if this is
what the doc means by establishing a "firm connection" or do I have to
do something more before returning to the install procedure?
For the FTP source I have tried the ftp.freebsd.org selection; I also
tried leaving the Name Server blank and choosing "Other URL", entering
as specified in the doc:
"ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7-RELEASE"
Help from one who has succeeded is always best!
Thanks,
Doug Leary
Seattle, WA