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Hi guys iv set up freebsd at home but am having problems configuring the
network card 

iv tried the bvelow commands but im unable to ping my router

Echo Ifconfig lo0 192.168.254.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
192.168.254.255 up >> /etc/rc.conf

Echo Route add -net default gw 192.168.254.254 netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1 >>
/etc/rc.conf

 
 
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