Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 01:43:46 +0200 From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" <Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> To: "Tkachenko, Artem N" <artem.n.tkachenko@lmco.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Network interfaces Message-ID: <200308120143.46102.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> In-Reply-To: <573562C6FDA9564A8EEE66D899BC190B02935DA7@EMSS01M10.us.lmco.com> References: <573562C6FDA9564A8EEE66D899BC190B02935DA7@EMSS01M10.us.lmco.com>
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On Tuesday 12 August 2003 00:34, Tkachenko, Artem N wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Inspiron 5100 and I install FreeBSD 4.8 on it. The computer ha= s an > integrated NIC. After installation and typing ifconfig I see the there = was > no network interfaces detected. Typing /stand/sysinstall and checking t= he > network interfaces configuration I see the fallowing: > > faith0 =09<unknown network interface type> > sl0=09SLIP interface on device /dev/cuaa0 (COM1) > ppp0 =09PPP interface on device /dev/cuaa0 (COM1) I don't have an inspiron to test this, but I found the following link wit= h=20 Google : http://jturner.tapetrade.net/docs/installing_freebsd_on_inspirion5100.htm= l Basically the page says your laptop has a broadcom 4400 NIC which can be = used=20 through an unsupported driver. Hope this helps... grtz, Daan
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