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diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp index 95c42ae..81bf6f2 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp +++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp @@ -2,53 +2,55 @@ 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). + Ethernet: A standard ethernet controller (includes some + PCMCIA networking cards). -SLIP support is rather primitive and limited primarily to hard-wired -links, such as a serial cable running between a laptop computer and -another PC. The link must be hard-wired as the SLIP installation -doesn't currently offer a dialing capability; that facility is provided -with the PPP utility, which should be used in preference to SLIP -whenever possible. When you choose a serial port device, you'll -be given the option later to edit the slattach command before it's -run on the serial line. It is expected that you'll run slattach -(or some equivalent) on the other end of the link at this time and -bring up the line. FreeBSD will then install itself over the link -at speeds of up to 115.2K/baud (the recommended speed for a hardwired -cable). +SLIP support is rather primitive and limited primarily to directly +connected links, such as a serial cable running between a laptop +computer and another PC. The link must be hard-wired as the SLIP +installation doesn't currently offer a dialing capability (that +facility is offered by the PPP utility, which should be used in +preference to SLIP whenever possible). When you choose the SLIP +option, you'll be given the option of later editing the slattach +command before it's run on the serial line. It is expected that +you'll run slattach (or some equivalent command) on the other end of +the link at that time and bring up the line. FreeBSD will then +install itself at serial speeds of up to 115.2K/baud (the recommended +speed for a hardwired cable). -If you're using a modem then PPP is almost certainly your only -choice. Make sure that you have your service provider's information -handy as you'll need to know it fairly early in the installation -process. You will need to know, at the minimum, your service -provider's IP address and possibly your own (though you can also leave -it blank and allow PPP to negotiate it with your ISP). You will also -need to know how to use the various "AT commands" to dial the ISP with -your particular brand of modem as the PPP dialer provides only a very -simple terminal emulator and has no "modem capabilities database". +If you're using a modem then PPP is almost certainly your only choice. +Make sure that you have your service provider's information handy as +you'll need to know it fairly early in the installation process. You +will need to know, at the minimum, your service provider's IP address +and possibly your own (though you can also leave it blank and allow +PPP to negotiate it with your ISP if your ISP supports such dynamic +negotiation). You will also need to know how to use the various "AT +commands" to dial the ISP with your particular brand of modem as the +PPP dialer provides only a very 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 what is typically possible over a serial line with -speeds of up to 50k/sec. +higher than what is typically possible over a serial line, and speeds +of up to 50KB/sec are not uncommon. 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. +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 "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 most of these questions, then you should -really probably talk to your system administrator _first_ before -trying this type of installation! +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! Chosing the wrong IP address on a busy network +will NOT make you popular with your systems administrator! :-) |
