NetBSD network configuration
Summary
In this part i’ll show you how to enable NetBSD dhcp daemon for internet connection. Most of the time there is already a dhcp service in your network (your router, virtualbox). So there is no need for manual ip configuration.
If you need to set manual ip configuration for your network or enabling dhcp daemon did not work for you, please visit this website for more information: Setting up TCP/IP on NetBSD in practice
Instructions
1- Start and login to your system.
2- Switch to root
user with su
command.
3-Open /etc/rc.conf
configuration file with vi
program.
4- At the end of the file, add dhcpcd=YES
configuration and save the file.
5- Restart your system with shutdown -r now
command.
6- When your system starts again login and try to ping google with command ping google.com
. If you are getting any response, you’re connected to internet.