Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 23:46:37 -0500 From: Patrick Whalen <patrickwhalen@mac.com> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC Message-ID: <2328C7A2-BA41-11D6-857D-003065D743AE@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208280003110.21168-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 11:11 PM, John Bleichert wrote: > On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Patrick Whalen wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:28:43 -0500 >> From: Patrick Whalen <patrickwhalen@mac.com> >> To: Charles Pelletier <fozekizer@attbi.com> >> 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 >> > <snip> > > 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" <patrickwhalen@mac.com> >>> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >>> 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 The NIC that I have is actually new. I bought it specifically because it was listed in the Hardware Notes. When I install, or boot -c, I get a list of 6 drivers from which to choose. None of them stand out as the correct one. At first, it shows 7 conflicts. If I get rid of all of them, and then later on go into the Networking configuration, the card shows up as an unidentified device, or something to that effect. If I choose an arbitrary driver, either nothing will show up under Networking, or I will get something like faith0. Should I need to choose a driver, or is it automatic? Is there something else that I'm missing? Is there anything specific which I should look for when I type 'ifconfig'? thanks, patrick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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