From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 16 17:10:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from hi.pu.ru (xi.pu.ru [193.124.85.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A74B611307 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:10:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from igor@hi.pu.ru) Received: (from igor@localhost) by hi.pu.ru (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA25090 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 04:10:11 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from igor) Message-ID: <19990217041011.A24223@pu.ru> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 04:10:11 +0300 From: Igor Nikolaev To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Cards References: <36B9717C.EBDE13@newsguy.com> <99020406025800.09173@a20.my.intranet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <99020406025800.09173@a20.my.intranet>; from Rod Taylor on Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 06:01:52AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 06:01:52AM -0500, Rod Taylor wrote: > >Suppose you have "xl" and "vr" in your computer. They are named eth0 > >and eth1, respectively. You then replace your "vr" by a "ed". Mark > But then if I added another say ed0, it wouldn't get eth2 :) > But yeah, I understand where you're going... Not fully. I service fbsd routers with up to 12 ethernet cards. 8 isa cards + 4 pci on advantech prompc computer. And when a cableman add card to a router, (ctrl-alt-del, poweroff, screw card, power on) he install card corresponded to driver name, and set io/irq/mem corresponded to number. -- Igor Nikolaev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message