Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 19:02:06 -0400 From: "Nucking Futs" <nuckingfutsto@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: PCMCIA NIC and Inet connection Message-ID: <Law11-F34Mj4Br95dse000462b8@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 (best as I can tell) 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 correctly. 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 PCMCIA card was not recognized during install so after reading an archive I added pccard_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. This made the card to be recognized during boot up with a "Beep." I then went back into the post install configuration via /stand/sysinstall and attempted to configure additional network interfaces and when doing so the choice "ed1 <3C503 compatible PCMCIA>" showed up. I let it automatically configure DHCP and it found my connection and I had internet connectivity! After a reboot I had no internet connectivity again. In order to get connectivity again I had to go to /etc/rc.conf and delete the line ifconfig_ed1="DHCP" and hostname="hostname" and go through the automatic configuration which i described above. Again if I reboot I lose inet connectivity. What do I need to add or do differently to make this work? Thanks in advance for any assistance. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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