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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.gmi.edu!news.mw.highway1.com!news.eecs.umich.edu!supernews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!afn45694 From: afn45694@afn.org (James N. Grace) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Installation via FTP troubles... Date: 24 Jun 1997 10:15:21 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5oo6np$9df@huron.eel.ufl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet2.afn.org NNTP-Posting-User: afn45694 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43456 I am having some difficulty installing FreeBSD via FTP. I have a dialup account with a local Internet Service Provider in the area. The FreeBSD program asks for a "HOST" (the very first entry block, upper left hand corner). What should go here? I have never had to use this for Windows Winsock applications (only domain and DNS). For example: My ISP's info DOMAIN=afn.org NAMESERVER=128.227.163.5 GATEWAY= (won't know until connection because it's dynamic.) They are expecting an entry like: foo.bar.com for the "HOST". Should I just put: afn.org ? I tried afn.org and I can't get it to work... -- James N. Grace - afn45694@afn.org TBFIS (The Best Free Internet Software) http://www.afn.org/~afn45694/