Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:17:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Sami Hamrita <sami@bae.uga.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Networking question. Message-ID: <19970917091744.15005@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9709160849.A29834-0100000@ice>; from Sami Hamrita on Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 09:36:49AM -0400 References: <Pine.3.89.9709160849.A29834-0100000@ice>
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On Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 09:36:49AM -0400, Sami Hamrita wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on on a Pentium P133 PC and have two > questions regarding the mouse and a networking issue. > > 1.First the mouse. I have a Microsoft Defender mouse (PS/2) for which I > already enabled the approriate driver in the kernel but the mouse is still > inactive. Is there here any further configuration that I have to do > somewhere on my system to enable the mouse or do I have to change the > driver for the mouse (I only found one driver for PS/2 mouse)? You'll need a three button mouse. You also need to configure it in your X setup. > 2.Now the networking question. > My PC is connected to a Ethernet network and I have a 3Com 3c900 > Etherlink XL PCI card installed on my computer. > > I choose the following parameters for the network in the kernel: > > device de0 > device fxp0 > device vx0 > options INET > pseudo_device ppp 1 > pseudo_device ether > pseudo_device loop > > After booting I get the following output : > vx0 <3COM 3c900 Etherlink XL PCI> rev0 int a irq 9 on pci0:10 > > but I still can't connect to other hosts on the network and vis versa. > Since I don't see the name of my network card on the FreeBSD list, What do you mean by that statement? You say you have a 3C900, you've configured a 3C900, it found a 3C900. > is it possible that I'm using the wrong one or is it only a question > of driver choice Sorry, I really don't see what you're getting at here. You obviously have the right driver. > or is there much more work to do besides what I did? Well, it would probably like to know an IP address. How about: # ifconfig vx0 <my-ip-address> Greg
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