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- From: akerman@qucis.queensu.ca (Richard Akerman)
- Subject: AmigaNOS-help2
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.163052.25697@qucis.queensu.ca>
- Organization: None
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:30:52 GMT
- Lines: 113
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- Last-modified: 1993/01/12
- Version: 1.22
-
- Filename: AmigaNOS-help2.
- Created-by: Richard Akerman (akerman@qucis.queensu.ca)
-
- This file is the third in a series of 3 designed to help you get SLIP
- running using AmigaNOS. The first one in the series is AmigaNOS-ask, the
- second one in the series is AmigaNOS-help1. All three are available for
- anonymous FTP from
-
- wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4]:
- /systems/amiga/incoming/text/AmigaNOS-help.lha
-
- You will need the answers from AmigaNOS-ask first. Then read AmigaNOS-help1.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- In the examples, I will use the following SAMPLE answers:
-
- Q3. Your address: Amiga.SLIP.FooUniv.EDU [123.163.254.10]
- Q4. Default route: 123.163.1.1
- Q5. Domain name server: ns.foouniv.edu 123.163.1.6
- Q6. SMTP gateway: mail.foouniv.edu 123.163.1.6
- Q7. NNTP server: news.foouniv.edu
-
- 1. OK, in AmigaNOS/SLIP/domain.txt put entries of the form
-
- hostname IN A <IP address>
-
- e.g.
- amiga.slip.foouniv.edu IN A 123.163.254.10
-
- domain.txt is the first place AmigaNOS will check if it needs to figure out
- an address. The addresses you should put in are
-
- The domain name server (question 5).
- The SMTP gateway (question 6).
- The NNTP server (question 7).
- Your address (question 3).
-
- 2. Next, change AmigaNOS/SLIP/NOS-Startup
-
- 2a. After domain suffix put your domain suffix. This is the base that AmigaNOS
- will append after hostnames if it can't resolve them. It is the common end
- part of your university address. For example, if your university has
- addresses of the form xxx.foo.edu, then the domain suffix is foo.edu.
-
- e.g.
- domain suffix foouniv.edu
-
- 2b. Next put your hostname (from question 3) in where it says "hostname"
-
- e.g.
- hostname amiga.slip.foouniv.edu
-
- 2c. After that put in your IP address (from question 3).
-
- e.g.
- ip address 123.163.254.10
-
- 2d. Next change the attach line to correspond to your modem speed. Also,
- you may need to change the MTU. The line format is:
-
- attach asy serial.device 0 slip nos 4096 MTU# SPEEDc
-
- e.g.
- attach asy serial.device 0 slip nos 4096 1006 2400c
-
- 2e. Next change the mask to correspond to your site IP prefix (the first two
- numbers in the IP address of the default route).
-
- ifconfig nos netmask 0xffffffff broadcast #.#.255.255
-
- e.g.
- ifconfig nos netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 123.163.255.255
-
- 2f. Next put in your default route IP address (from question 4).
-
- e.g.
- route add default nos 128.163.1.1
-
- 2g. Next put in the address for your domain name server (from question 5).
-
- e.g.
- domain addserver 123.163.1.6
-
- 2h. Next put in the address for your SMTP gateway (from question 6).
-
- e.g.
- smtp gateway 123.163.1.6
-
- 2i. Next put in the address for the news server (from question 7).
-
- e.g.
- nntp addserver news.foouniv.edu 600
-
- 2j. Next pick the groups you want to receive, and put them after nntp groups
-
- e.g.
- nntp groups comp.sys.amiga*
-
- 2k. Finally, put the nntp news server address after nntp kick
-
- e.g.
- nntp kick news.foouniv.edu
-
-
- --
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