From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 6 0:10:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffy.tpgi.com.au (buffy.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A63C15129 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:10:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcd@tpg.com.au) Received: (from smtpd@localhost) by buffy.tpgi.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA12819; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:10:34 +1100 Received: from cbr2-ppp-051.tpgi.com.au(203.29.136.51), claiming to be "zen.dodsworth.org" via SMTP by buffy.tpgi.com.au, id smtpdfhDBQk; Mon Dec 6 19:10:24 1999 From: Marc Dodsworth To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ed1 configuration Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 18:34:20 +1030 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: mj@isy.liu.se MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <99120618391300.01005@zen.dodsworth.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the reply. I guess I didn't make myself quite clear enough. I need to built the support for the card into my Kernel so I use it rathern than configuring for use after booting. Thankx Marc >> Hi >> >> I have an Accton EN1208 PCI ethernet card which uses a Realtek 8029. >> >> Under a Generic kernel, it's recognised as an ed1 (NE2000 compat/3com/WD) >> >> However I can't find any details on how to configure it in my custom kernel. >> LINT only shows ed0 >You don't configure the interface before compiling the kernel. If the Generic >kernel sees it as ed1 then use ifconfig to set it up, something like this: >(as root, type this) >ifconfig ed1 130.236.49.127 netmask 255.255.248.0 up >and you're off. >This can be automatically be performed at bootup if you insert the relevant >lines in /etc/rc.conf (look in /etc/defaults/rc.conf for the layout). >If this is a first time setup you probably also want to manipulate >/etc/resolv.conf: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message