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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 1997 09:04:46 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        rpladers@tech.swh.lv
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3Com NICs
Message-ID:  <19970923090446.38013@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <34266F35.9A@tech.swh.lv>; from Ralfs Pladers on Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 04:14:29PM %2B0300
References:  <34266F35.9A@tech.swh.lv>

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On Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 04:14:29PM +0300, Ralfs Pladers wrote:
> Good afternoon!
> I'm very new to UNIX and FreeBSD too. I would like to use FreeBSD on PC
> as firewall and use two 3Com 3900 XL PCI adapters. But I receive a
> message that kernel is built for one device and interface vx1 cannot be
> configured. Could you help me and answer:
> is such configuration possible at all?

Yes.

> how should I rebuild(should I?) kernel?,

If you don't have "The Complete FreeBSD", take a look in the online
handbook.

> what to change in configuration file?

Add another 3Com.  It's all in the handbook.

> Maybe, there is somewhere ready kernel for such configuration?

No, or at least, not for that purpose.  Building a kernel isn't
difficult, and there are millions of possible combinations.

Greg



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