From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 31 18: 3:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (law2-f260.hotmail.com [216.32.180.218]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C792614F03 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:03:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from donatellol@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 2404 invoked by uid 0); 1 Aug 1999 01:03:28 -0000 Message-ID: <19990801010328.2403.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 24.113.24.80 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:03:28 PDT X-Originating-IP: [24.113.24.80] From: "Paul Lee" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: How to install NIC under FreeBSD 3.2 release Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:03:28 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I a using FreeBSD 3.2 Release CD to install. My system setting: CPU: Intel P166 non-MMX MB: AOpen AP 5C/p /w 256kb L2 module PB cache RAM: 64mb (4 x 16mb EDO 72pin) CD-Rom: Poineer 12X IDE HD: Maxtor 1036mb IDE (from P-75 era) video: Matrox Millennium 4mb Wram NICs: CNet 650E ISA PnP 10mb Base-T & LinkSys LAN16 ISA Non-PnP 10mb Base-T, Both are NE2000 compatable. Note: LinkSys Lan16 works find under Linux, but CNET doesn't. Linux can probe it. During the boos up, I saw nothing related to NIC. (I use Linux. I believe there should have someting like NE2000 during FreeBSD's boot). When I type "ifconfig -a" under root. Nothing relate to NIC shows up. It does not have ed0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 01:02:03:04:05:06 show up. from "http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp9.html#9" I follow "3.2.1. Configuring your Ethernet Interface" to edit my "/etc/rc.conf". "About 20 lines from the top of /etc/rc.conf" The first I noticed is that my "/etc/rc.conf" only has 5~6 lines, it does not have 20 lines. Anyway, I follow the line and edit it. After I finished editing and reboot the system. I can ping localhost @ 127.0.0.1, but I was unable to ping "the host name". So, how can I install the NIC or driver module under FreeBSD, so it can ping to my Win98 system. Extra: Is there any information on FreeBSD connect Internet thought Cable modem? Best Regard. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message