Network configuration in FreeBSD

[Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar]

ok here u go, the exact output of the the commands:

#ifconfig -a

em0: flags=8802<BROADCAST, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=b<RXSCUM, TXSCUM, VLAN_MTU>
ether :0d:56:f0:f1:ba
media:Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active

plip0:flags=108810<POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0:flags=8049<UP, LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> MTU 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80 :: 1% lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
wrote:

> On 2008-01-28 18:18, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar <ramkumar at iastate.edu> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christopher Cowart <
> ccowart at rescomp.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Send the list the output of the following commands:
> > > # ifconfig -a
> > > # netstat -rn
> > >
> > > With that info, we can probably help you out better.
> >
> > ifconfig -a
> >
> > em0:  flags .......lot of data .....................
> > status: active
> >
> > ( I'm guessing this is the ethernet interface)
> >
> > netstat -rn
> >
> > routing tables:
> > Internet :
> > 127.0.0.1  ..followed by some IPs, flags(UH), etc ..
> >
> > Internet6
> > expire followed by some hex-values and flags
> >
> > would this do or more specifics needed ?
>
> Not really, no.  You are supposed to show the *exact* output of
> commands, if you expect more useful answers.
>
> Now, I understand that without networking, it may be tricky to capture
> the output and post it in an email message.
>
> If you have a floppy disk you can use the floppy to capture the output
> of these commands, i.e. by mounting it:
>
>        # cd /root
>        # mount -t msdosfs /dev/fd0 /mnt
>        # ifconfig -a > /mnt/ifconfig.txt
>        # netstat -rn > /mnt/netstat.txt
>        # umount /mnt
>
> If you have a USB flash drive, you can mount that too (assuming it has a
> single FAT partition):
>
>        ( plug the USB flash disk into a USB socket )
>
>        # cd /root
>        # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt
>        # ifconfig -a > /mnt/ifconfig.txt
>        # netstat -rn > /mnt/netstat.txt
>        # umount /mnt
>
>        ( unplug the flash disk )
>
> It will help immensely if you post the *exact* output of the commands
> mentioned by Christopher.
>
> - Giorgos
>
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