This old noob has been using Windows since 3.1 & there has been a lot of windows hand holding along the way, plus a smattering of linux.
Now I have got the bug to try FreeNas with zfs, not realising the dramatic paradigm shift needed to work with the command line & the vi editor etc.
Nevertheless, I have spent quite a few hours in my twilight years lately, learning bsd basics. I've found it a steep learning curve!
I'm part way through reading 'Absolute BSD' because of the author's recommendation in 'building a FreeNas home server'. I also have 'Free BSD mastery' in the wings for later reading & I am reading the bsd Journal. I am expecting the receipt of a Supermicro server board shortly & ECC memory for this FN home server, as a separate build to the FreeBSD system that I have running at the moment. I am doing all of this as a learning experience with the aim of eventually becoming a proficient freebsd user (if I have enough time left) .
The problem I have now is getting the real 9.2 system working with networking. I went back to this older iteration because later iso's weren't working with the older hardware that I have available.
Ifconfig shows flags for Sk0, nfe0, plip0, lo0, but only sk0 is shown as active. It also has provision for host name, IPv4 gateway, name server, IPv4 address & domain. The netmask is automatically shown as 255.255.255.0. These blank provisions need to be filled in but I am at a loss to know what to enter into each & I need help on this, please.
Ifconfig also quotes inet 192.168.1.105 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
I have edited /etc/rc.conf by adding 'ifconfig_Sk0=SYNCDHCP'
In the case of the domain I assume it needs to be paid for, but this is only a hobby exercise, so do I really have to pay for a domain name to get networking working? If not is there an alternative approach to satisfy the requirement?
One other thing I would also like help on is a recommendation for an non-flakey internet browser in FBSD. Over at the fresh ports website too many browsers seem to have serious bug problems for multiple users that would make their use unacceptable, and in the case of Firefox there are apparently so many dependancies that undoing the package would be a veritable nightmare.
Could you help please?
Thank You
Brenton
Now I have got the bug to try FreeNas with zfs, not realising the dramatic paradigm shift needed to work with the command line & the vi editor etc.
Nevertheless, I have spent quite a few hours in my twilight years lately, learning bsd basics. I've found it a steep learning curve!
I'm part way through reading 'Absolute BSD' because of the author's recommendation in 'building a FreeNas home server'. I also have 'Free BSD mastery' in the wings for later reading & I am reading the bsd Journal. I am expecting the receipt of a Supermicro server board shortly & ECC memory for this FN home server, as a separate build to the FreeBSD system that I have running at the moment. I am doing all of this as a learning experience with the aim of eventually becoming a proficient freebsd user (if I have enough time left) .
The problem I have now is getting the real 9.2 system working with networking. I went back to this older iteration because later iso's weren't working with the older hardware that I have available.
Ifconfig shows flags for Sk0, nfe0, plip0, lo0, but only sk0 is shown as active. It also has provision for host name, IPv4 gateway, name server, IPv4 address & domain. The netmask is automatically shown as 255.255.255.0. These blank provisions need to be filled in but I am at a loss to know what to enter into each & I need help on this, please.
Ifconfig also quotes inet 192.168.1.105 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
I have edited /etc/rc.conf by adding 'ifconfig_Sk0=SYNCDHCP'
In the case of the domain I assume it needs to be paid for, but this is only a hobby exercise, so do I really have to pay for a domain name to get networking working? If not is there an alternative approach to satisfy the requirement?
One other thing I would also like help on is a recommendation for an non-flakey internet browser in FBSD. Over at the fresh ports website too many browsers seem to have serious bug problems for multiple users that would make their use unacceptable, and in the case of Firefox there are apparently so many dependancies that undoing the package would be a veritable nightmare.
Could you help please?
Thank You
Brenton