From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 5 3:55:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB1B37B424 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 03:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA08530 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:11:58 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e85At7B16705 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:55:07 +0400 Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:55:07 +0400 From: Igor Roboul To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ethernet configuration Message-ID: <20000905145507.A16644@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3182D9D293F2D211B15A00500416D4902E1579@baco.websilon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <3182D9D293F2D211B15A00500416D4902E1579@baco.websilon.nl>; from daan@websilon.nl on Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:36:05AM +0200 X-Operating-System: Linux linux.rainbow 2.2.14-plus-SMP X-Best-Window-Manager: Window Maker (www.windowmaker.org) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:36:05AM +0200, Daan Franke wrote: > They don't go in your /dev dir, they remain hidden. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Moritz Hardt [mailto:root@morix.de] > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:26 > To: Siegbert Baude > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ethernet configuration > > > Hello again, > > 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, but why aren't there those > devices and how can I create them. > > Thanks in advance! dmesg | more then find something which looks like this: ed0: port 0xa800-0xa81f irq 11 at device 12 .0 on pci0 ed0: address 00:c0:26:ee:3b:bb, type NE2000 (16 bit) xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xac00-0xac7f mem 0xed022000-0xed02 207f irq 10 at device 13.0 on pci0 and use device names with ifconfig (xl0 and ed0 in my case) You do not need create device nodes in /dev for network interfaces -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message