110882SpeterYou can do network installations over 3 types of communications links: 210882Speter 310882Speter Serial port: SLIP / PPP 410882Speter Parallel port: PLIP (laplink cable) 520931Smpp Ethernet: A standard Ethernet controller (includes some 612661Speter PCMCIA networking cards). 710882Speter 812661SpeterSLIP support is rather primitive and limited primarily to directly 912661Speterconnected links, such as a serial cable running between a laptop 1012661Spetercomputer and another PC. The link must be hard-wired as the SLIP 1112661Speterinstallation doesn't currently offer a dialing capability (that 1212661Speterfacility is offered by the PPP utility, which should be used in 1312661Speterpreference to SLIP whenever possible). When you choose the SLIP 1412661Speteroption, you'll be given the option of later editing the slattach 1512661Spetercommand before it's run on the serial line. It is expected that 1612661Speteryou'll run slattach (or some equivalent command) on the other end of 1712661Speterthe link at that time and bring up the line. FreeBSD will then 1812661Speterinstall itself at serial speeds of up to 115.2K/baud (the recommended 1912661Speterspeed for a hardwired cable). 2010882Speter 2112661SpeterIf you're using a modem then PPP is almost certainly your only choice. 2212661SpeterMake sure that you have your service provider's information handy as 2312661Speteryou'll need to know it fairly early in the installation process. You 2447323Sjkhwill need to know your service provider's IP address, the IP address 2547323Sjkhof your provider's DNS server, and possibly your own IP address unless 2647323Sjkhyour ISP supports dynamic negotiation, most do. If you do not choose 2747323Sjkha PAP or CHAP login you will also need to know how to use the various 2847323Sjkh"AT commands" to dial the ISP with your particular brand of modem as 2947323Sjkhthe PPP dialer provides only a very simple terminal emulator and has no 3047323Sjkh"modem capabilities database". If you choose a PAP or CHAP login you 3147323Sjkhcan simply enter `dial' (without the quotes) at the ppp prompt if your 3247323Sjkhmodem uses the Hayes compatible AT command set. 3310882Speter 3410882SpeterIf a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) machine 3510882Speteris available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink" 3610882Speterparallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel port is much 3712661Speterhigher than what is typically possible over a serial line, and speeds 3836342Sjkhof over 50KB/sec are not uncommon. 3910882Speter 4020931SmppFinally, for the fastest possible network installation, an Ethernet 4110882Speteradaptor is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most common PC 4220931SmppEthernet cards, a table of which is provided in the FreeBSD Hardware 43171027SphilipGuide (see the `Documentation' entry in the main menu). If you are 4420931Smppusing one of the supported PCMCIA Ethernet cards, also be sure that 45171027Sphilipit's plugged in BEFORE the laptop is powered on! Sysinstall does not, 4612661Speterunfortunately, currently support "hot insertion" of PCMCIA cards. 4710882Speter 4846551SjkhYou will also need to know your IP address on the network, the 4946551Sjkh"netmask" value for your address class, and the name of your machine. 5046551SjkhYour system administrator can tell you which values to use for your 5110882Speterparticular network setup. If you will be referring to other hosts by 5210882Spetername rather than IP address, you'll also need a name server and 5310882Speterpossibly the address of a gateway (if you're using PPP, it's your 5410882Speterprovider's IP address) to use in talking to it. If you do not know 5512661Speterthe answers to all or most of these questions then you should really 5646549Sjkhprobably talk to your system administrator FIRST before trying this 5720931Smpptype of installation! Choosing the wrong IP address on a busy network 5812661Speterwill NOT make you popular with your systems administrator! :-) 59