> Firstly, by telling the DHCP server to assign a static-IP address to a > specific system on the network, what sort of DHCP server are you > speaking of. Are you asking about your ISPs DHCP, a > Linksys/Dlink/other SOHO DHCP device, or are you attempting to setup > your own internal DHCP server such as ISC-DHCP for your LAN. Sorry--my DHCP server is a Linksys router which is supposed to assign an internal IP address automatically, whenever a computer asks for it. > Secondly, the quick and easy way to change around things so that sl0 > pulls an IP is to run /stand/sysinstall and reconfigure your Network > Interfaces. Umm...how do I do that again? Do I just go to /stand/sysinstall, click on Index, and click on Network Interfaces? What do I put down for the host and domain? The host is the computer name, I suppose, but I don't think I assigned my LAN a domain. I accidentally put something for the domain, and now I can't erase it because whenever I leave a textbox my computer automatically refills it with what I wrote earlier. In fact, I can't change any settings because it will refill itself whenever I try to. > You could also edit rc.conf manually and set up the sl0 > interface that way, to either pull a static or dynamic IP.
I tried that a minute ago, but it only got me into even deeper trouble. I'm so careless that I forgot to put a quote, and now my computer wouldn't boot properly. It only allows me to log on as a single user, and has # thing instead of $ or computername: How do I open a text editor to edit the rc.conf file while I'm not logged in (I don't think so), and while every command has # in front of it? vi wouldn't work, and view and ex don't work either. I also have a copy of the original rc.conf file; how do I dump the data into the current rc.conf file which is driving me crazy because I made an error in it? > Is sl0 internal or external? Is the FreeBSD box going to NAT for your > second computer? I don't know--I think sl0 is the network card, and if I'm right it's internal. Also, I'll be 80 when I even dare to think about making FreeBSD NAT for my other computer. My Linksys router is the NAT router for all my computers. Tomas Quintero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/25/05, Broming plutonium wrote: > Hello everyone...for the first time. > > I have two computers. I very recently installed FreeBSD on my first computer > because the operating system it used to have, Microsoft Windows, was infected > by so many viruses that my computer took a million years to open a program. > > I've only had 2 days of experience with FreeBSD, so I don't know anything > about it. How do I connect it to the Internet using Ethernet? My computer > seemed to be telling me it had three network interfaces. I'm guessing that > the ones called plip0 and ppp0 are all wrong; sl0 is the right one. > > FreeBSD tries to establish an Internet connection on plip0 every time it > boots. How do I change that to sl0? How do I tell it to "tell DHCP server to > assign IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx on subnet mask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx USING the > sl0 network interface? > > What do I have to do to establish an Internet connection? Any help would be > >appreciated. Thanks! Firstly, by telling the DHCP server to assign a static-IP address to a specific system on the network, what sort of DHCP server are you speaking of. Are you asking about your ISPs DHCP, a Linksys/Dlink/other SOHO DHCP device, or are you attempting to setup your own internal DHCP server such as ISC-DHCP for your LAN. Secondly, the quick and easy way to change around things so that sl0 pulls an IP is to run /stand/sysinstall and reconfigure your Network Interfaces. You could also edit rc.conf manually and set up the sl0 interface that way, to either pull a static or dynamic IP. Is sl0 internal or external? Is the FreeBSD box going to NAT for your second computer? -- -Tomas Quintero --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
