Network configuration in FreeBSD

[Jerry McAllister]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:29:49PM -0500, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version.
> I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and any
> suggestions are welcome.
> 
> I think my system is not connected to the internet or any external network,
> ping dosent work ( nor ftp or dig)
> 
> When I try to do a post-install configuration and choose to enable the inetd
> daemon option from the sysinstall, it doesnt invoke the editor to change the
> inetd.conf at all, so I did a root-login and enabled ftp, even pftp and
> other services in the file as mentioned in the installation document.
> 
> But still I'm unable to ftp to any server, the message I get is ftp:
> hostname or servname not known or not provided.
> 
> Do you guys have any ideas ?

Well, the first thing is to learn about 'ifconfig'
Start with the handbook and the man pages.
>From there, you will branch out to other network documentation.

Anyway, it sounds like you did not configure or start any
network device (NIC - Network Interface Card).

////jerry

> 
> Thanks
> Bhuvana
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