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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:57:47 +1200
From:      Andrew Thompson <andy@fud.org.nz>
To:        "Jason A. Crome" <crome@devnetinc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Network card issues
Message-ID:  <03Sep16.235538nzst.336003@homer.fire.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <200309161815.14572.crome@devnetinc.com>
References:  <200309161815.14572.crome@devnetinc.com>

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Jason A. Crome wrote:
> I am attempting to get my network card running under FreeBSD 5.1 Release, and 
> it is unfortunately being a headache.  My particular network setup requires 
> DHCP, and when the boot process attempts to start the DHCP client, my adapter 
> does not receive an address.  Strangely enough, when booting with the GENERIC 
> kernel, I have no such issues - my adapter gets an IP address just fine.
> 
> My PC has a 3com 3c905c network adapter installed.  I have added the following 
> entries to my kernel configuration file to support it:
> 
> device miibus
> device xl
> 
> I have also attached my kernel config file in hopes it will be of some use.
> 
> Any thoughts or insights are most definitely appreciated!  Thanks in advance.

You need to add "device bpf" to your kernel.


Andy



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