From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 27 21:15:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D564137B401 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-24-79-198.stny.rr.com [24.24.79.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B67843E75 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:15:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id 9E9904FC8F; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:11:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E684A0D; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:11:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:11:52 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: Patrick Whalen Cc: Charles Pelletier , Subject: Re: NIC In-Reply-To: <40C43D46-BA36-11D6-857D-003065D743AE@mac.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Patrick Whalen wrote: > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:28:43 -0500 > From: Patrick Whalen > To: Charles Pelletier > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: NIC > > Thanks for the reply. If there is a more appropriate place for this > type of question, please let me know. > > The google search just turned up various copies of the Hardware Release > Notes for freebsd. > > I found this document linked to aue(4) when going the Hardware Notes: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ > man.cgi?query=aue&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE > > This document says that the driver is for a USB ethernet adapters. Mine > is a pci card with an RJ-45 port. Any idea why this would be? > > I did find a driver download from speedstream.com, but I would not know > how to determine which is the correct driver for FreeBSD. Furthermore, > I would not know where or how to install it. > > Working with unix, will I typically find drivers supplied by a hardware > manufacturer, or are they more often built by other means? > > Thanks for your help. > > patrick > Normally the drivers come with the system kernel source code. Rarely, with the exception of nVidia and a tulip NIC driver from Linksys a looooong time ago, have I gotten drivers from a manufacturer. Now, some drivers in the source may have been contributed by manufacturers, I can't speak to that. You've hit a problem lots of us have at one time or another - trying to load 'something else' on an old PC built specifically for windows and finding a rare piece of hardware that doesnt exist outside the Windows world. Get a new, common NIC - they're cheap :-) JB PS: and please bottom-post. > > On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 09:44 PM, Charles Pelletier wrote: > > > bsdnet calls it the aue(4) driver. just do a google search for your > > card AND > > freebsd. that'll help. > > > > --charlie pelletier > > --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Patrick Whalen" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 8:57 PM > > Subject: NIC > > > > > >> I am a macintosh user who has been drawn into FreeBSD because of Mac > >> OS > >> X. I've just completed my first installation of 4.6.2 on an older > >> Compaq Presario. > >> > >> Everything has gone well, except that I can't seem to get my network > >> card to work. It is a Siemens SpeedStream 1020. How do I know which > >> driver to choose when configuring the kernel at the very beginning of > >> installation? If the proper driver is not listed, then how do I > >> install > >> one? > >> > >> This NIC is listed as compatible, so it should work. > >> > >> I appreciate any help > >> > >> thanks, > >> patrick > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message