No internet with snapshots

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Tue, 25 May 2010 14:18:47 +0200
Gerd Truschinski <gerd at truschinski.de> wrote:

> I tried to install the latest 
> FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201005-amd64-bootonly.iso.
> FreeBSD is starting, sysinstall is running.
> I want to install from ftp.freebsd.org. Therefor I try to set the _Media 
> Typ_ in the _Options Editor_.
> I select the only Network Interface, a nfe, no IP6 but DHCP. I get an IP 
> address from my Router and then I get a
> "Cannot resolv hostname ftp.freebsd.org".
> 
> This seems to happen with older snapshots also.
> 
> What could I do. What information did you need?
> 

Looks like there's no name server, although the router should have passed
that info with the other DHCP data.

Look whether there's an option to set a name server (I haven't done an
install for a long time so I can't remember).  If there is you could use
8.8.8.8, which is a Google name server which works quite well (and it's
easy to remember).

--
Gary Jennejohn