Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:44:25 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Tim Poth <timp@pcageinc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change a nic Message-ID: <00062921520100.04863@marbsd.tninet.se> In-Reply-To: <395BCDFE.8705C97C@pcageinc.com> References: <395BCDFE.8705C97C@pcageinc.com>
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, you wrote: > i have a nic installed but i want to install a differnt one on my free > bsd 3.3 box. what network card is it? if you have not customised your kernel particularly there is a good chance it will be recognised on startup. you can run /stand/sysinstall if you don't feel comfortable about checking the output of dmesg for the card name and then looking at /etc/rc.conf to see the entries for your current card. sample dmesg output xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xf880-0xf8ff mem 0xfff7fc00-0xfff7 fc7f irq 9 at device 19.0 on pci0 sample /etc/rc.conf ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0" hostname="marbsd.tninet.se" defaultrouter="192.168.0.1" -- Mark Rowlands +4686224510 GMT + 1 _______________________________________________ These opinions are mine, they are just opinions you are free to disagree, please do so quietly _______________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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