Re: [9front] Need help with configuring the Internet

[염준혁 <skhds1@gmail.com>]

Okay, thanks for helping me out, along with all the others who have helped.
Of course, by the looks of it, I should have read the FQA and the manual
more carefully (TBH, I kind of cherry-picked when I was reading them).

Anyways, thank you guys despite me being a clueless newbie.

Thanks,
Joonhyeok Yeom.

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 3:59 PM <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> wrote:
>
> > Or perhaps there is another way to configure the net without
> > running confignet? I merely tried that because that was the
> > install step that failed...
>
> all that does is to write some default configuration in /lib/ndb/local.
> you can just set that up manually. the fqa has some examples.
>
> > ip/ipconfig doesn't work, but it's probably because dhcp doesn't work
> > in this network (I have to manually type in the ip addresses for other
> > systems too).
> > The output is:
> > ipconfig: no success with DHCP
>
> yes. you got a ethernet driver up.
>
> > As for ls /net/ether*, there is a /net/ether0, so I guess there is
> > ethernet afterall?
>
> yes.
>
> > The first step for troubleshooting at
> > http://fqa.9front.org/fqa6.html#6.2.8 told me to do
> > "cat /net/ndb", which returned nothing, so I just assumed ethernet is
> > not working here.
>
> /net/ndb contains the data that the *DHCP/SLAAC* client gathered. for
> static ip configuration, that file shall remain empty.
>
> please read ipconfig(8) manpage and the fqa. it should have some
> chapter about setting up static ip. its easy, but i do not want to
> repeat everything for everyone each time when its already documented.
>
> > Also, I should provide you cat /dev/kmseg with a screenshot, since the
> > messages are long
> > (I'm actually seeing a lot of "failed"..). However, I'm unsure of how
> > to attach the picture
> > on a mailing list like this. Is using sites like imgur.com ok?
>
> given that you got ethernet working now, theres no need anymore.
>
> --
> cinap