On Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:45:03 -0800,
Ron Thompson <Wax66@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> Starting network
> hostname: 163.150.43.211
> domain name: 163.150.1.1

These don't look right.  I assume these are set in either /etc/rc.conf
with variables hostname and domainname or files /etc/myname and
/etc/mydomain.  Either way, these want NAMES, not IP addresses.  BTW,
sorry if I startled you.  I tracerouted the IP address 163.150.43.211
and just to see you're not using someone else's IP address, I tried
telnetting to the address.  I saw NetBSD/mac68k banner and immediately
disconnected.

I can't seem to get any DNS record on the host 163.150.43.211, which
probably means you can give it any host name as you like.  I think you
can give it any domain name as well, but it may be safer to give it
the name your provider expects.  Ask them about the proper domain name
for your host.

I'm guessing it may be in the same domain as 163.150.1.1 which is
ns1.sbcss.k12.ca.us, so a possible domain name may be, for instance,
"k12.ca.us".

Note that host name and domain name, concatenated together, should
form the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for your host.  For
instance, if host name is "mymac" and domain name is "k12.ca.us", FQDN
is "mymac.k12.ca.us".

> configuring network interfaces:.
> writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable
> add net default: gateway 163.150.43.222 (I have no idea where it got
> this number... hehe)

That's because you have that IP address in either /etc/mygate or
variable defaultroute in /etc/rc.conf file.  Traceroute from my box
shows the packets are sent to your host through 163.150.16.118:

traceroute to 163.150.43.211 (163.150.43.211), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
[snip]
16  163.150.16.118 (163.150.16.118)  314.839 ms  314.334 ms  331.745 ms
17  163.150.43.211 (163.150.43.211)  327.864 ms  315.700 ms *

163.150.16.118 *may* be your default gateway, but again, you should
ask your provider about it.

Ken