Hour 13. Connecting FreeBSD to an Existing Network
Now that you know what networking is all about, the arcane numbers that you must enter into a computer's “TCP/IP Settings” window should make a little bit more sense. Even though operating systems these days are getting so that you don't have to configure as many of these numbers as you would have in earlier years (DHCP, for instance, makes most network configuration automatic), we can't take for granted that everything will always set itself up on its own. The next topic to cover will be configuring your FreeBSD machine for networking.
This chapter assumes that you'll be connecting your machine to a local area network (LAN) using an Ethernet card. If you don't have an Ethernet card and are ...
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