Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:07:03 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "Johan Hendriks" <Johan@double-l.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> Subject: RE: How to select/choose new NIC under FreeBSD? Message-ID: <18652.53351.370551.805186@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE147@w2003s01.double-l.local> References: <2cd0a0da0809260449w765cbd29mb1c132f1662d44e9@mail.gmail.com> <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE147@w2003s01.double-l.local>
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>>1. How to tell FreeBSD to which NIC to use? >>2. Where else I should make changes under /etc folder? > >In the file /etc/rc.conf edit the line that looks like this now >ifconfig_bge0="inet 192.168.1.22 netmask 255.255.255.0" > >Change bge0 (could be a different name in your config) to the driver = >name of the intel card, proberly em0 look at dmesg for the real name. You may also need to check your firewall rules, if any. Robert Huff
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