I'm a new user of FreeBSD. This appears to be a very basic question, and I've indeed read many other posts here to solve similar problems, but couldn't extract a solution.
I installed FreeBSD 11.1 via a DVD iso image. During installation, I manually entered the IPV4 address, subnet masks and DNS server addresses, by referring to my ISP service provider's data. I did not enter the IPv6 details.
Now when I ping any site like google.com, I get a message :
The following are the contents of my /etc/rc.conf
/etc/resolv.conf has the entries of search and the 2 IPv4 DNS servers (provided by my ISP).
Output of
Also, when I reboot after shutting down, the BIOS does a "hardware check" which passes successfully. Then I get some messages, the last one of which is
Till yesterday, before installing FreeBSD, my brand new Dell Inspiron was running Ubuntu, and the Wi-Fi worked properly.
I installed FreeBSD 11.1 via a DVD iso image. During installation, I manually entered the IPV4 address, subnet masks and DNS server addresses, by referring to my ISP service provider's data. I did not enter the IPv6 details.
Now when I ping any site like google.com, I get a message :
cannot resolve www.google.com: Host name lookup failure
The following are the contents of my /etc/rc.conf
Bash:
hostname="freebsd.rooty"
ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
sshd_enable="YES"
dumpdev="AUTO"
/etc/resolv.conf has the entries of search and the 2 IPv4 DNS servers (provided by my ISP).
Output of
ifconfig
has these 2 "wrong-looking" entries apart from other entries:
Code:
media: Ethernet autoselect(none)
status: no carrier
Also, when I reboot after shutting down, the BIOS does a "hardware check" which passes successfully. Then I get some messages, the last one of which is
Bash:
Media Test failure. Check cable