Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:51:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> To: Moritz Hardt <root@morix.de> Cc: Siegbert Baude <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ethernet configuration Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009051041060.1183-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009051021480.245-100000@morix.morix.de>
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Moritz Hardt wrote: > Thanks for the fast reply to my question, but that didn't really help, > because there aren't any usable devices, such as ed0 or eth0. > > Im pretty sure FreeBSD finds my ethernet card, You can be 100% sure by looking at the output of the dmesg(8) command. For example, I have: xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xb000-0xb03f irq 10 at device 12.0 on pci0 xl0: Ethernet address: 00:10:4b:27:e1:f7 miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0 nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto If your card isn't recognized by the kernel, then either the module isn't loaded (see kldload(8), kldstat(8), etc...), or you haven't configured/compiled your kernel with the corresponding driver. > but why aren't there those devices and how can I create them. A common misconception with BSD is that many devices have a direct kernel interface and aren't found in the /dev directory. This is the case with ethernet cards. You only need to do two things: Have the kernel recognize the card (explained above) and configure the interface with ifconfig, or with the more userfriendly: /stand/sysinstall "Configure -> Networking -> Interfaces" > Ps: Your OS is great!!! Yes! I think so too. (This is a mailing list. We are all users just like you. :) -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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