Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:16:17 +0100 From: "Edwin Woudt" <edwin-ml@woudt.nl> To: Alex Verstak <averstak@vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet card setup Message-ID: <E0zB4rg-0003QP-00@cal007109.student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <35E198C0.E30032AF@vt.edu>
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> I'm trying to set up TCP over the SMC PCI Ezcard 10 (NE2000 compatible).
> FreeBSD 2.2.6 GENERIC detects it correctly and prints "ed1:
> <blah-blah-blah, its configuration>" at startup. What file in /dev do I
> use to access it? There is no /dev/ed1 or the like.
Network cards have no /dev/... entry's. It would be quite hard to
write files to it, right?
You don't need to access it by a /dev entry. The kernel will take
care of your network traffic.
> Is setting up TCP over the ethernet card the same as described in
the
> handbook for modems? [Well, I certainly use a different device name and
> dial string.]
i'm not sure about that, but you can set everything in /etc/rc.conf
if that doesn't work, try 'man ifconfig'
Edwin
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