From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 9 9:51: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F59337B401 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:51:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from deimos.frii.net (deimos.frii.com [216.17.128.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD4143F6F for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:51:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tpconnolly@frii.com) Received: from tconnolly (g8denver.org [207.109.48.8] (may be forged)) by deimos.frii.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gB9Hp0eq017670; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:51:00 -0700 (MST) From: "Thomas Connolly" To: "'Brian'" , Cc: Subject: RE: Ethernet card problem Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:50:59 -0700 Message-ID: <000e01c29fab$8901dd60$5608a8c0@ceesi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: <006301c29faa$a42fd4d0$2324200a@me> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, that is what I tried to do but my interface doesn't come up in the list, only plip, and com 1 come up, not dc0. Thanks, Thomas Connolly -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:45 AM To: Thomas Connolly; hawkeyd@visi.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet card problem isnt is /stand/sysinstall, post install config, network, pick yer = interface, answer yes to the dhcp popup, thats it? BTW, if it asks you if you want to activate now, that typically will not = get you the new parameters on the interface, youll need to either ifconfig = it down and then up, or reboot as a quik& dirty way. Bri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Connolly" To: Cc: Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:36 AM Subject: RE: Ethernet card problem > Thanks again for the help. Can you tell me how to set my interface up > manually so that it will use DHCP for the ip and netmask, gateway, = etc.? > > Thanks, > > Tom Connolly > > -----Original Message----- > From: D J Hawkey Jr [mailto:hawkeyd@visi.com] > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:25 AM > To: Thomas Connolly > Subject: Re: Ethernet card problem > > On Dec 09, at 10:07 AM, Thomas Connolly wrote: > > > > Thanks very much for the quick reply. > > I would agree with that. The model is a Kingston KNE100TX and it = says > that > > the driver is a dc(4). Which Ethernet selection and I supposed to = pick > for > > that on Sysinstall? > > dc0, I would imagine. > > > Is there a way to reconfigure it after installation. > > Oh, yes. Go on through the installation. Afterward, edit /etc/rc.conf = to > reflect reality. You'll have lines like these to change: > hostname=3D"sheol.localdomain" > ifconfig_ed0=3D"inet 192.168.16.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" > What you'll change is the hostname (if need be), and ifconfig_ed0 to > ifconfig_dc0. IIRC, that's all it takes. > > > I > > apologize for the ignorance but I am very new to all this. I = basically > just > > went step-by-step through the FreeBSD manual on installation. There = was > no > > option that said dc(4). > > I don't remember how to specify the interface within sysinstall(8), = but I'm > sure you can (make sure you've resolved conflicting interrupts first). > I usually set up the network manually, after sysinstall(8), just to = stay in > practice! > > > Thanks again, > > Thomas P. Connolly > > Senior Development Engineer > > Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. > > Phone: (970) 897-2711 > > Fax: (970) 897-2710 > > Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com > > Need a telecommuting UNIX SysAdmin in Minnesota? > Dave > > -- > ______________________ = ______________________ > \__________________ \ D. J. HAWKEY JR. / = __________________/ > \________________/\ hawkeyd@visi.com /\________________/ > http://www.visi.com/~hawkeyd/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message