Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:01:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> To: "E. Alan Wilson" <alan.wilson@ualberta.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FEC from www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/fec/xxx/fec/tar/gz Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108241354110.28185-100000@cody.jharris.com> In-Reply-To: <3B86A0A9.CAA51AC3@ualberta.ca>
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On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, E. Alan Wilson wrote: > Hello > I have been directed to this code by several sources to enable my > Intel dual port server card. I got it. Now what? > The best I can tell is: Install the netgraph module. # kldload ng_fec.ko # ngctl mkpeer fec dummy fec # ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"dc0"' # ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"dc1"' # ngctl msg fec0: set_mode_inet Where dc0 and dc1 are the 2 network cards you are using [change if needed]. Then you should have an interface called fec0. You can now use it like a regular interface to assign an IP or whatever. Corrections anyone? > Does anyone know how frustrating it is for the newly arrived to run > into this *complete* lack of even the most BASIC instructions? Take a number and get in line...write a man page for it and submit it once you figure it out. Keep in mind this IS a volunteer project. [snip] > > But every time I change OS's (there is always something about new > hardware that won't work on what you're already familiar with) I am > faced with a new set of 'old boy speak'. Stuff that's taken for > granted. Documentation that is supplied is only for the easiest stuff > and then it is too detailed. It is the difficult things that need > addressing and they are never written down. > Then write them down. Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> - Keep on Routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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