Connecting to the Net (was: Re: BigApache [..])

[DK]

Hi Bill et al,

1)
Using /stand/sysinstall & trying to download packages from the freeBSD site, I
get the ERROR prompt:

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"Cannot resolve hostname 'ftp.freebsd.org'! Are you sure that your name server,
gateway and network interface are correctly configured ?"
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I have a Cable Broadband Connection. Does this error mean that my DHCP is not
configured correctly or is it something else ???


2)
When trying to connect to my ISP's update-server(which you don't need to be
authenticated to access) I get this ERROR even though my Cable connection is
ON, Connected & Working:

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200# ftp update-server
ftp: update-server: No address associated with hostname
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Is this the same problem as above ???



3)
I have in my rc.conf file

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ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
hostname="127.0.0.1"
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should the "hostname" be the dynamically allocated address that my ISP assigns
when I turn on my Cable Modem or should I leave it as 127.0.0.1 ???


If there is anything else that you think that I may be missing in trying to
connect to the net, please let me know ;)



Kind Regards,

DK


	
		
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