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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/en_US.ISO8859-1/network_device.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/en_US.ISO8859-1/network_device.hlp index 2f30fea..95c42ae 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/en_US.ISO8859-1/network_device.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/en_US.ISO8859-1/network_device.hlp @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ You can do network installations over 3 types of communications links: - Serial port: SLIP / PPP - Parallel port: PLIP (laplink cable) - Ethernet: A standard ethernet controller (includes some PCMCIA). + Serial port: SLIP / PPP + Parallel port: PLIP (laplink cable) + Ethernet: A standard ethernet controller (includes some PCMCIA). SLIP support is rather primitive and limited primarily to hard-wired links, such as a serial cable running between a laptop computer and @@ -30,25 +30,25 @@ simple terminal emulator and has no "modem capabilities database". If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) machine is available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink" parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel port is much -higher than is what's typically possible over a serial line, with -speeds of up to 50k/sec. not at all uncommon. +higher than what is typically possible over a serial line with +speeds of up to 50k/sec. -Finally, for the fastest possible installation, an ethernet adaptor is -always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most common PC ethernet cards, -a table of required settings for which is provided in the FreeBSD -Hardware Guide - see the Documentation menu on the boot floppy. -If you are using one of the supported PCMCIA ethernet cards, also -be sure that it's plugged in _before_ the laptop is powered on! -FreeBSD does not, unfortunately, currently support "hot insertion" -of PCMCIA cards. +Finally, for the fastest possible network installation, an ethernet +adaptor is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most common PC +ethernet cards, a table of which is provided in the FreeBSD +Hardware Guide (see the Documentation menu on the boot floppy). +If you are using one of the supported PCMCIA ethernet cards, also be +sure that it's plugged in _before_ the laptop is powered on! FreeBSD +does not, unfortunately, currently support "hot insertion" of PCMCIA +cards. -You will also need to know your IP address on the network, the the -"netmask" value for your address class and the name of your machine. +You will also need to know your IP address on the network, the "netmask" +value for your address class, and the name of your machine. Your system administrator can tell you which values to use for your particular network setup. If you will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address, you'll also need a name server and possibly the address of a gateway (if you're using PPP, it's your provider's IP address) to use in talking to it. If you do not know -the answers to all or or most of these questions, then you should +the answers to all or most of these questions, then you should really probably talk to your system administrator _first_ before trying this type of installation! |
