From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 10 13:26:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05756 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:26:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from java.dpcsys.com (java.dpcsys.com [206.16.184.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05604 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:26:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by java.dpcsys.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with SMTP id NAA06676; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:28:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:28:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow To: Mike Francis cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie In-Reply-To: <357EAFBB.4B5AC5BF@netxxpress.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Mike Francis wrote: > I need some help with making sure that my either net card is working and > how do I make the FreeBSD computer talk to my Lan system? > When I installed FreeBSD i did install the network programs and did > setup my Gateway Does FreeBSD see your network card? Run dmesg and look for a line like May 15 09:45:10 calafia /kernel: ed2 rev 0 int a irq 15 on pci0:17 May 15 09:45:10 calafia /kernel: ed2: address 00:40:05:5e:ac:cc, type NE2000 (16 bit) The NIC type will depend on your card but the line with the ethernet hardware address should be obvious. If the card was recognized did it get config'ed for TCP/IP? Run ifconfig -a and make sure that the line for the ethernet device (ed2 in the example above) has the correct IP address and netmask. Those values are set in /etc/rc.conf If everything is OK so far try netstat -rn to see what the routing table looks like. Go through the same sequence on W95 to confirm that it has a working nic and that it is setup with an IP address on the same network based on netmask. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message