From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Sep 10 00:12:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA12645 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from red.juniper.net (red.juniper.net [208.197.169.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA12634 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:12:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from boonmark-pc.juniper.net (boonmark-pc.juniper.net [208.197.169.204]) by red.juniper.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA24673; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:09:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from boonmark@localhost) by boonmark-pc.juniper.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) id AAA21615; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:09:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:09:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199709100709.AAA21615@boonmark-pc.juniper.net> From: Pasvorn Boonmark MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Jane Kelly Cc: dk@snark.ukma.kiev.ua, FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ne2000 In-Reply-To: <34158A8E.61B@intercom.org> References: <34158A8E.61B@intercom.org> X-Mailer: VM 6.22 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jane Kelly writes: > Im trying to run ne2000 card on freeBSD 2.2.2 but > BSD cannot see the card. What is the usual setup procedure. > The kernel should probe for a device named "ed0", the driver name for the ne2000 card. > My understanding is that there is usually a program > that comes with the card and that it runs under dos. > Does this program need to be compiled? no. > > My card did not come with aprogram for BSD. Is there such a > program out there? Is there a way to do it using only the BSD? > The kernel should come with the driver. You might want to type "dmesg" and look for "ed0". If the kernel recognized the card, "ifconfig ed0" should display some information. > Shouldn't there be better documentation on this? > > Thanks