Network configuration, troubleshooting
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This file is an exception and it belongs in ''/etc'' to be customized by the user. | This file is an exception and it belongs in ''/etc'' to be customized by the user. | ||
− | Be sure to have the | + | Be sure to have the lines: |
defaultrouter="192.168.[your gateway ip address here]" | defaultrouter="192.168.[your gateway ip address here]" | ||
+ | hostname="[your computer's host name]" | ||
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+ | To check your hostname, you may type at the command line: | ||
+ | # uname -a | ||
These are common settings used for a wireless card: | These are common settings used for a wireless card: | ||
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wlans_ath0="wlan0" | wlans_ath0="wlan0" | ||
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" | ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" |
Revision as of 10:18, 21 December 2014
Here are common problems with setting up the network, and solutions.
Contents |
etc/
Except for a few exceptions, be sure that custom settings are located under /usr/local/etc/. /etc configurations can be updated by running processes. This explains why functionality can break, and may have to be updated if only relying on network configuration files in /etc .
rc.conf
This file is an exception and it belongs in /etc to be customized by the user.
Be sure to have the lines:
defaultrouter="192.168.[your gateway ip address here]" hostname="[your computer's host name]"
To check your hostname, you may type at the command line:
# uname -a
These are common settings used for a wireless card:
wlans_ath0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
hosts
Edit the file at /usr/local/etc/hosts.conf
The commented out line is artificially added here for explanation:
#gateway ip localhost localhost.namedgateway 192.168.x.x localhost localhost.yourgatewayname.com #the localhost variable can optionally be replaced with the name of your computer
resolv.conf
Edit the file /usr/local/etc/resolv.conf . A line containing "DNS" may have to be commented out. resolv.conf should look something like this:
search gateway.yourgateway.com # search + gateway. and the word name of your gateway ("gateway" is its localhost) nameserver 192.168.x.x # nameserver + numerical ip of gateway
References
- Thanks to those who both ask and answer questions at FreeBSD and other related forums.