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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!not-for-mail From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: (help) Invisible Network ?? Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 14:36:22 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 31 Message-ID: <33A4C2C6.729B@OntheNet.com.au> References: <5npm1k$3ts@news.umbc.edu> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: Sunil <ssopre1@umbc.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42858 Sunil wrote: > > Hello all. I've just installed FreeBSD(2.2.2), and currently > having trouble installing the network. The weird thing is, I did a > ftp install with the disk. However, now I can't see the network at > all. The network card is configured promperly and is recognized by the > bootup sequence.. > > I've checked /etc/resolv.conf for the appropriate nameservers. > > ps. The boot sequence hangs when initiliazing routed. routed may or may not be the source of your problems, but there is often (99% of the time) ABSOLUTELY NO reason to run it. If your network is not properly configured, it will screw you without a second thought!!! After ensuring that routed is not started, setup a default gateway entry. This will install a default route to said router and your network should be functional. Also, change "/etc/host.conf" so that hosts comes before bind and in your "/etc/hosts" file put your own host address (and localhost) and possibly the IP address of some of the more important hosts (eg. DNS host, default router, etc.) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages to the developers... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE change the installation procedures so that the running of routed/gated/etc is _NOT_ the default action. This causes more problems than it solves. Tony