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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Mike Francis <derf@netxxpress.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newbie
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980610131857.6153B-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <357EAFBB.4B5AC5BF@netxxpress.net>

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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 <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (RealTek 8029)> 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
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 DPC Systems / Beach.Net                                    dan@dpcsys.com
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