Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:44:15 -0400 From: "Vlad D. Markov" <markov@monmouth.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCMCIA network card advice? Example rc.conf please? Message-ID: <20030422214415.5bbd97f2.markov@monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <20030422202808.GA39045@mail.hitmedia.com> References: <20030422202808.GA39045@mail.hitmedia.com>
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 13:28:08 -0700 BSD baby <bsdlap@hitmedia.com> wrote: > An odd problem: I'm using a Linksys PCM100 PCMCIA network card on my laptop. > Works fine in Windows. It's on the FreeBSD approved hardware list. > > When I install FreeBSD 4.8 from the CD-Rom, it detects it, and I configure it. > (Which yes I know how to do. I do it all the time for regular installs.) > > But - when the laptop boots up, it doesn't seem to see the card. > No route to host, etc. > > I wonder if this has to do with the PCMCIA abilities being turned on in the > rc.conf *after* it's given the hostname, route, IP, etc? > > I'm just using the absolute default settings, so I don't think I'm doing anything > wrong. (I haven't done anything yet!) > > Just wondering if those of you with PCMCIA network cards could offer some > advice or maybe your /etc/rc.conf file as an example? > FreeBSD has a daemon pccardd which monitors the insertion/removal of PCMCIA cards. It reports on the console when it finds one inserted which is after the system is booted. In rc.conf one has to enable pccard (pccard_enable="YES"). Then since its a network card one should set pccard_ifconfig in rc.local. That is all I needed to do.
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