1You can do network installations over 3 types of communications links:
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3 Serial port: SLIP / PPP
4 Parallel port: PLIP (laplink cable)
| 1You can do network installations over 3 types of communications links:
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3 Serial port: SLIP / PPP
4 Parallel port: PLIP (laplink cable)
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5 Ethernet: A standard ethernet controller (includes some PCMCIA).
| 5 Ethernet: A standard ethernet controller (includes some
6 PCMCIA networking cards).
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7SLIP support is rather primitive and limited primarily to hard-wired
8links, such as a serial cable running between a laptop computer and
9another PC. The link must be hard-wired as the SLIP installation
10doesn't currently offer a dialing capability; that facility is provided
11with the PPP utility, which should be used in preference to SLIP
12whenever possible. When you choose a serial port device, you'll
13be given the option later to edit the slattach command before it's
14run on the serial line. It is expected that you'll run slattach
15(or some equivalent) on the other end of the link at this time and
16bring up the line. FreeBSD will then install itself over the link
17at speeds of up to 115.2K/baud (the recommended speed for a hardwired
18cable).
| 8SLIP support is rather primitive and limited primarily to directly
9connected links, such as a serial cable running between a laptop
10computer and another PC. The link must be hard-wired as the SLIP
11installation doesn't currently offer a dialing capability (that
12facility is offered by the PPP utility, which should be used in
13preference to SLIP whenever possible). When you choose the SLIP
14option, you'll be given the option of later editing the slattach
15command before it's run on the serial line. It is expected that
16you'll run slattach (or some equivalent command) on the other end of
17the link at that time and bring up the line. FreeBSD will then
18install itself at serial speeds of up to 115.2K/baud (the recommended
19speed for a hardwired cable).
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20If you're using a modem then PPP is almost certainly your only
21choice. Make sure that you have your service provider's information
22handy as you'll need to know it fairly early in the installation
23process. You will need to know, at the minimum, your service
24provider's IP address and possibly your own (though you can also leave
25it blank and allow PPP to negotiate it with your ISP). You will also
26need to know how to use the various "AT commands" to dial the ISP with
27your particular brand of modem as the PPP dialer provides only a very
28simple terminal emulator and has no "modem capabilities database".
| 21If you're using a modem then PPP is almost certainly your only choice.
22Make sure that you have your service provider's information handy as
23you'll need to know it fairly early in the installation process. You
24will need to know, at the minimum, your service provider's IP address
25and possibly your own (though you can also leave it blank and allow
26PPP to negotiate it with your ISP if your ISP supports such dynamic
27negotiation). You will also need to know how to use the various "AT
28commands" to dial the ISP with your particular brand of modem as the
29PPP dialer provides only a very simple terminal emulator and has no
30"modem capabilities database".
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30If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) machine
31is available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink"
32parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel port is much
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32If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) machine
33is available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink"
34parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel port is much
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33higher than what is typically possible over a serial line with
34speeds of up to 50k/sec.
| 35higher than what is typically possible over a serial line, and speeds
36of up to 50KB/sec are not uncommon.
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36Finally, for the fastest possible network installation, an ethernet
37adaptor is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most common PC
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38Finally, for the fastest possible network installation, an ethernet
39adaptor is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most common PC
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38ethernet cards, a table of which is provided in the FreeBSD
39Hardware Guide (see the Documentation menu on the boot floppy).
40If you are using one of the supported PCMCIA ethernet cards, also be
41sure that it's plugged in _before_ the laptop is powered on! FreeBSD
42does not, unfortunately, currently support "hot insertion" of PCMCIA
43cards.
| 40ethernet cards, a table of which is provided in the FreeBSD Hardware
41Guide (see the Documentation menu on the boot floppy). If you are
42using one of the supported PCMCIA ethernet cards, also be sure that
43it's plugged in _before_ the laptop is powered on! FreeBSD does not,
44unfortunately, currently support "hot insertion" of PCMCIA cards.
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45You will also need to know your IP address on the network, the "netmask"
46value for your address class, and the name of your machine.
| 46You will also need to know your IP address on the network, the
47"netmask" value for your address class, and the name of your machine.
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47Your system administrator can tell you which values to use for your
48particular network setup. If you will be referring to other hosts by
49name rather than IP address, you'll also need a name server and
50possibly the address of a gateway (if you're using PPP, it's your
51provider's IP address) to use in talking to it. If you do not know
| 48Your system administrator can tell you which values to use for your
49particular network setup. If you will be referring to other hosts by
50name rather than IP address, you'll also need a name server and
51possibly the address of a gateway (if you're using PPP, it's your
52provider's IP address) to use in talking to it. If you do not know
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52the answers to all or most of these questions, then you should
53really probably talk to your system administrator _first_ before
54trying this type of installation!
| 53the answers to all or most of these questions then you should really
54probably talk to your system administrator _first_ before trying this
55type of installation! Chosing the wrong IP address on a busy network
56will NOT make you popular with your systems administrator! :-)
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