Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:40:24 +0100 From: "Tim Parkinson" <tim.parkinson@ccr.ntu.ac.uk> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: I sussed my NIC problems Message-ID: <000501bd9a8c$5aeef2b0$92194798@stimpy>
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Top Tip: When editing rc.conf with pico, don't let the comment on a line drop down a line, then save the file. That, I believe was the root of the further problems I was having after installing a new net card. Maybe I should read the pico docs, and see if there is an option to turn off word wrap. On another note, using tcpdump on ed0 (which is connected to a cable modem), produced very interesting output. The reason (I think) our cable modem very rarely works, or if it does is *very* slow, is down to us receiving packet requests for a whole boatload of IP's. Slowly, but surely... ---------------------------------------------- Tim Parkinson -Teaching Company Associate Nottingham Trent University & Clerical Gas Ltd Tel: 0115 9783677 Fax: 0115 9706977 tim.parkinson@ccr.ntu.ac.uk tim@gubbins.ml.org -Home To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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