Hi, >From the keyboard of Bagus, written on Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:20:21AM -0600: > >ifconfig > fxp0: flags =8802 <bradcast, simplex, multicast> mtu 1500 > options =8<VLAN_MTU> > ether 00:a0:c9:e6:11:b1 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status:active
You don't appear to have an IP-address assigned. Most probably the DHCP- negotiation failed. You don't tell who your ISP is. DHCP-configurations may differ from ISP to ISP. You will have to configure your /etc/dhclient.conf I guess, e.g. with (amongst others) send host-name "your-hostname-known-by-ISP". (man 5 dhclient.conf). After configuring it, retyry DHCP: # dhclient fxp0 > >ping freebsd.org > ping: cannot resolve freebsd.org: Host name lookup failure. Right. If DHCP from your cable ISP failes, most probably your /etc/resolve.conf will not be modified/added. And therefor lookups will fail. > As an aside, I'm stunned this isn't a FAQ or part of the freebsd manual: > "How to get your computer online". Really I'd rather not be posting this > question to a mailing list. It seems so basic, yet I can't find an answer > out there. If anyone has any references, I'd appreciate it. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html Of course, since DHCP configuration may differ from ISP to ISP, I guess it is too much work to add all those to the handbook. Maybe search engines can point you to a proper references. Or, if you name your ISP on this list, someone here might help you. Cheerz, -- Eilko Bos. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
