Networking isn't working bsdinstall

[Freebsduser-Vermont]

bsdinstall asks for network device.

I select my external realtek adapter.

It sees my wifi network. I enter my password and I'm in.

Then once installation finishes, I try to install packages. Nothing. I try pinging google, and 8.8.8.8. It fails. I can ping my router, that works.

But I cannot ping anything else.

Same thing happens if I select my internal wifi chip as the wifi interface device.

I got to get this working.

 

[drsnx60]

hi, looks like your DNS setup needs some work !

your computer needs a correctly configured Resolver.

verify that /etc/resolv.conf contents is as expected.

 

[good-beastie]

bsdinstall asks for network device...

 

[good-beastie]

Hi all,
You can run dhclient command.
Something like: dhclient wlan0
Substitute wlan0 for the name of your wireless interface.
More here: 'https://freebsdfoundation.org/resource/networking-basics-wifi-and-bluetooth/'

 

[SirDice]

I can ping my router, that works.

Then the issue is very likely not with the FreeBSD host. If your network card (wired or wireless) wasn't working you wouldn't be able to ping your router.

That said, you might be missing a gateway address. So you can only ping hosts on the same network as you, nothing beyond it. Check netstat -rn and verify you have a good default gateway address.