From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 06:53:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78372106568E for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 06:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F25628FC22 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 06:53:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k31so2657668fkk.11 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:53:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=97Z2u3g1AXXk5FFGqlM9rMTR4LJxiyRIaZXKbbBpHDg=; b=YbcD+Rht4tUwKtJBhs3uMS7q1C8nqdNGP+nYhgSNsOhRwOhWGZUPhTxL/zzoqccv5L vMtaVvDqNGIy/Yur+HvMJnI4qHrLuz46B7KpozRFJ9TxE8ankoZdQvRqXf0oCozruNWw 0HbcI16qYVSVrwmBidaWq7yXIcRN93lBvJiPc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=myHW8wnU49s8LkuG/JZaSNjOl2D+M+FDubxSS+9IirzaCaEt8/amGxt2OadBZaqRt1 STVePVWFGXv6vOlnBTmTFikbLWd1xrrAT0Lc+Ujrn7sNVVRZUYvxcFr98l4+fD3avwR9 6snFPXLnF37dUZf0hXOInrl1u6sFpx5Va0x64= Received: by 10.181.23.19 with SMTP id a19mr3712620bkj.90.1222844018514; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.244.6 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0809302353g7cc09b9p4cca7a0db6f6c8ce@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:53:38 +0200 From: VeeJay To: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0809260449w765cbd29mb1c132f1662d44e9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2cd0a0da0809260449w765cbd29mb1c132f1662d44e9@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: How to select/choose new NIC under FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:53:40 -0000 thanks Guys.... really good help! Cheers! VJ On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:49 PM, VeeJay wrote: > Hello there, > > At my work, I have a Dell PowerEdge2950 running FreeBSD 7.0, Webserver. > This server has onboard Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T with 2 > ports. But we have faced watchdog timeouts and after googling and getting > help on this great forum, we were able to figure out that this is Broadcom > incompatibilty. > So, we have bought Intel Pro 1000PT Single Port Gigabit PCIe Cu now. Which > I am going to install in the server but before; > I need some information, where I seek you guys help??? > > 1. How to tell FreeBSD to which NIC to use? > 2. Where else I should make changes under /etc folder? > > I will aprecaite your help! > -- > Thanks! > > BR / vj > -- Thanks! BR / vj