From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 3 12:53:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FB3153FE for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 12:53:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02657; Mon, 3 May 1999 12:53:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:53:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: kok Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: 3 com network card In-Reply-To: <372BBE55.7B5A40CF@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> 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 Sun, 2 May 1999, kok wrote: > i have question about network card device > > > 1) > >From the freebsd handbook, there is information about 3 com card is > device 'x10' > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html > device xl0 > > 3Com Etherlink XL series PCI ethernet controllers (3C905B and > related). > > > but the boot message from the computer is 'vx0' > > > 2) i have two network cards, but i couldn't have add 'vx1' > and i also couldn't ping 11.0.0.1 after setting ifconfig vx1 > 11.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 90X cards will appear as vx0 if you're on FreeBSD before 2.2.8 (or maybe 3.0). If you need to alias another IP to an interface, use the command: ifconfig xl0 inet ###.###.###.### netmask 0xffffffff alias The 255.255.255.255 netmask is essential. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message