Edward Lay wrote:
From: Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Check and/or create /etc/nsswitch.conf so you are looking in files and
dns for hosts.
Check or create /etc/resolv.conf make sure your upsteam DNS servers
are listed in this file along with any local caching DNS servers.
Thanks for the suggestion. Those files already exist with valid
entries though. In any event, it doesn't seem like a hostname problem
as I can nslookup arbitrary hosts and then try and then ping the IP
numbers directly which fails for hosts beyond the local subnet.
It seems more like a router/gateway network configuration type of
problem. I've just discovered that when I ping the gateway's IP
address, I get no answer. Now I know the gateway is functioning as
every other host on the network can reach the rest of the internet and
in fact, I've just successfully ping'd the gateway from the machine
where I'm writing this message. So I'm wondering what could cause this
or at least some way of approaching the problem.
thanks
ed
There are 3 things that need to be configured in order to have a network
connection on an initial start, the IP, Gateway and Route.
I am ruling out the fact that it might be the firewall, cause you state
that this on an an initial install and I would try another ether cable
if after this setup it still doesn't work.
make sure both these entry are in your rc.conf :
ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.0.1"
You will need to replace "vr0" by your network card, and replace all IPs
for your own. if you modify the settings in the rc.conf you can execute
/etc/netstart in order for the settings to take effect.
Pascal S. Clermont
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