From db7109bb85ffcee28e9410b2310d076812d3817a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: WarrenPostma Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 02:44:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the default Ethernet device name, and a few common trouble spots --- docs/newhandbook/Installation/index.mdwn | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/newhandbook/Installation/index.mdwn b/docs/newhandbook/Installation/index.mdwn index 376951e5..03edab45 100644 --- a/docs/newhandbook/Installation/index.mdwn +++ b/docs/newhandbook/Installation/index.mdwn @@ -113,9 +113,13 @@ The next screen allows you to setup your network. The installed card seen here After finishing your configuration you can escape into a live shell or reboot the system into your installation. +If you find that your network is working with numeric ips but not working with domain names, you might want to make sure you have a file called `/etc/resolv.conf` and that it has your local DHCP server in it, something like this: + nameserver 192.168.1.1 +If you find that the ethernet auto-configuration feature is unable to reach your DHCP server, you can still let it create your network configuration file which is called `/etc/rc.conf`. If you are familiar with Linux device names you might notice that in BSD flavour Unixes, the `/dev/de0` is the BSD equivalent of the Linux name `/dev/eth0` + -- 2.41.0