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Subject: Re: 2 NICs
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3coms are usually xl0 and xl1. ed0 is realtek


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Abbaasi Hasan" <abbaasi77@yahoo.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 6:37 AM
Subject: 2 NICs


> Hi all
> i use FreeBSD 4.2
> i have 2 3Com NICs and want to configure them,
> one of them has been detected automitically as ep1.
> First i want to know what is "ep" and what is its
> difference to ed and other such abreviations.
> For identifying next card should i place next line in
> kernel configuration file and /etc/rc.conf as ep0 or
> ed0?
> Should the NIC cable be plugged to card for FreeBSD to
> ping cards successfully?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
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