From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 11:25:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20F716A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:25:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail3.cableone.net [24.116.0.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD59443D5E for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:25:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lute@cableone.net) Received: from agnes (unverified [24.116.60.169]) by smail3.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.5d2) with ESMTP id 1698931 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:17:54 -0700 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:26:00 -0600 From: Lute Mullenix To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040112132600.4806ed9d@agnes> In-Reply-To: <20040112165721.85994.qmail@web21508.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040112165721.85994.qmail@web21508.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Subject: Re: Via Technologies Ethernet Card X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:25:57 -0000 On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 08:57:21 -0800 (PST) Veronica Brainfluff insisted: > > > I am wondering if FreeBSD will support my ethernet > card. It is built onto the motherboard, which is a > Soyo SY-KT400 Dragon Ultra Platinum. The driver for > the ethernet doesn't give explicit detail about the > card. It just calls it VIA PCI 10/100 Mb Fast > Ethernet Adapter. I recently put together a bare bones kit that uses the Soyo SY-K7VEMPRO motherboard which also uses a lot of VIA on-board stuff and I was able to get all of it working. Video, sound, and the on-board ethernet. This one told me that it uses Realtek drivers in the quick start guide. You could start there if you can't find any other info. Did FreeBSD find the on-board NIC when you installed it? If it did then it's just a matter of going thorough dmesg and choosing the needed driver. Good luck. -- Lute ************************ * Power Provided * * by * * FreeBSD 5.1 RELEASE * ************************