Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 14:42:59 -0400 From: "Nucking Futs" <nuckingfutsto@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PCMCIA NIC Trouble Message-ID: <Law11-F43AusBPg25lT0002fd11@hotmail.com>
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I have installed FBSD 4.8 on my Dell notebook Inspiron 1100. The internal NIC is not recognized at all so I am trying to use a PCMCIA Linksys model PCM100 PC card. The card is on the supported hardware list found here http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET As you might has guessed I'm writing because I cant get the card to function. During a normal install of FBSD on a workstation with a PCI NIC the DHCP scan finds the Road Runner connection from my router automatically and I'm set up with internet connectivity, end of story. The card was not recognized during install so after the install reboot I went back into the post install configuration via /stand/sysinstall and attempted to configure additional network interfaces and when doing so the choice "faith0 <unknown network interface type>" showed up. I attempted to configure DHCP but it would not find my connection automatically and attempting to input any of the information would not help either. This is where I am and not really sure where to go next. The hardware support has a link to ed(4) driver which is used by the PCMCIA card NIC's. Is this something that I have to compile into the kernel? Hoping for some assistance to get this card up and running. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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