1, 2006 12:17 AM
To: SM X; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: setting host name during install?
Hi,
Thanks for the info. I reversed what I had done and then used
sysinstall. Going through sysinstall let me enter
"beastie.gv.shawcable.net" as my host name. However when I try th
Why are you using port 3000? Are you sure that there is a process
running on your machine that is listening on that port?
In other words, when you mentioned "http://192.168.0.103:3000";, was
that something that was (and hopefully still is) working on your
machine or you just used that URL to let u
Hi,
Thanks for the info. I reversed what I had done and then used
sysinstall. Going through sysinstall let me enter
"beastie.gv.shawcable.net" as my host name. However when I try the
following two url's i get and unknown host.
http://beastie:3000/
http://beastie.gv.shawcable.net:3000/
Any other
For changing hostname (and/or IP), I found that the best way is to use
sysinstall and change it from there (Configure --> Networking -->
Interfaces --> "your NIC"), since that one will change not only
rc.conf file, but also the hosts file (so that your browser can
actually resolve name beastie in
