Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:30:28 -0700 From: "Thomas Connolly" <tpconnolly@frii.com> To: "'Brian'" <bri@sonicboom.org> Cc: <hawkeyd@visi.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Ethernet card problem Message-ID: <001701c29fda$f671b850$5608a8c0@ceesi.com> In-Reply-To: <20021209152627.M68860-100000@entwistle.sonicboom.org>
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It's a pci card. Thomas P. Connolly Senior Development Engineer Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. Phone: (970) 897-2711 Fax: (970) 897-2710 Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com =20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 4:27 PM To: Thomas Connolly Cc: hawkeyd@visi.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ethernet card problem ah so then its not being detected, pci or isa card? Id isa, perhaps setting bios irq to isa legacy is necessary.. Bri On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Thomas Connolly wrote: > Yes, that is what I tried to do but my interface doesn't come up in = the > list, only plip, and com 1 come up, not dc0. > > Thanks, > Thomas Connolly > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brian > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:45 AM > To: Thomas Connolly; hawkeyd@visi.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Ethernet card problem > > isnt is /stand/sysinstall, post install config, network, pick yer interface, > answer yes to the dhcp popup, thats it? > > BTW, if it asks you if you want to activate now, that typically will = not get > you the new parameters on the interface, youll need to either ifconfig = it > down and then up, or reboot as a quik& dirty way. > > Bri > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Connolly" <tpconnolly@frii.com> > To: <hawkeyd@visi.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:36 AM > Subject: RE: Ethernet card problem > > > > Thanks again for the help. Can you tell me how to set my interface = up > > manually so that it will use DHCP for the ip and netmask, gateway, = etc.? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tom Connolly > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: D J Hawkey Jr [mailto:hawkeyd@visi.com] > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:25 AM > > To: Thomas Connolly > > Subject: Re: Ethernet card problem > > > > On Dec 09, at 10:07 AM, Thomas Connolly wrote: > > > > > > Thanks very much for the quick reply. > > > I would agree with that. The model is a Kingston KNE100TX and it = says > > that > > > the driver is a dc(4). Which Ethernet selection and I supposed to pick > > for > > > that on Sysinstall? > > > > dc0, I would imagine. > > > > > Is there a way to reconfigure it after installation. > > > > Oh, yes. Go on through the installation. Afterward, edit = /etc/rc.conf to > > reflect reality. You'll have lines like these to change: > > hostname=3D"sheol.localdomain" > > ifconfig_ed0=3D"inet 192.168.16.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > What you'll change is the hostname (if need be), and ifconfig_ed0 to > > ifconfig_dc0. IIRC, that's all it takes. > > > > > I > > > apologize for the ignorance but I am very new to all this. I basically > > just > > > went step-by-step through the FreeBSD manual on installation. = There was > > no > > > option that said dc(4). > > > > I don't remember how to specify the interface within sysinstall(8), = but > I'm > > sure you can (make sure you've resolved conflicting interrupts = first). > > I usually set up the network manually, after sysinstall(8), just to = stay > in > > practice! > > > > > Thanks again, > > > Thomas P. Connolly > > > Senior Development Engineer > > > Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. > > > Phone: (970) 897-2711 > > > Fax: (970) 897-2710 > > > Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com > > > > Need a telecommuting UNIX SysAdmin in Minnesota? > > Dave > > > > -- > > ______________________ = ______________________ > > \__________________ \ D. J. HAWKEY JR. / = __________________/ > > \________________/\ hawkeyd@visi.com /\________________/ > > http://www.visi.com/~hawkeyd/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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