From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 26 11:49:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF1A106568F for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:49:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9898FC1B for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:49:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k31so919728fkk.11 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:49:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=1nYIpnvP1kg8kIW6RN0e8m4LHmblKrrG4ba4OWz0D6c=; b=Isb4jiWq3I/xcqp+xTkmXJXEx+VhPOARu+67Z11UemPmibAr2rZQYnVQJ1SxmgVCQh v+Cv1Wd4bUFaM9upY5xNfQrQzdMTEVKhP+WUXygz4sO6e4iRGwEFv/IUBTywsJpEYN8N 1xYV/zVZjrLFVhOf4KaS3XJ/xPYOSYg4X4XIs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=SMgtjPxg/jlLHCGI3cXh+HqKtcoQbNBFM5x5h2rx6S3j6FSqRxNnjloOOLtZpm1nvR NHeTFnMuboH/Ik1ETdiq8Jch9wpAxv6Lat1JWH2oD6pu9rz7xkBistL7fzya/gqINEwp ztV0Q4mhSNIHCqcJsg0ghu+YdiU4WVQP7s3/M= Received: by 10.181.13.19 with SMTP id q19mr569809bki.102.1222429762529; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:49:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.181.11.1 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:49:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0809260449w765cbd29mb1c132f1662d44e9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:49:22 +0200 From: VeeJay To: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: How to select/choose new NIC under FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:49:24 -0000 Hello there, At my work, I have a Dell PowerEdge2950 running FreeBSD 7.0, Webserver. This server has onboard Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T with 2 ports. But we have faced watchdog timeouts and after googling and getting help on this great forum, we were able to figure out that this is Broadcom incompatibilty. So, we have bought Intel Pro 1000PT Single Port Gigabit PCIe Cu now. Which I am going to install in the server but before; I need some information, where I seek you guys help??? 1. How to tell FreeBSD to which NIC to use? 2. Where else I should make changes under /etc folder? I will aprecaite your help! -- Thanks! BR / vj