From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 2 04:16:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA01110 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:16:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com [134.32.44.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA01066 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:15:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smoergrd@geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) Received: from sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (sunw132 [134.32.45.120]) by oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA26719 ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:15:20 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA07812; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:15:19 +0200 To: Hiren Mehta Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with network References: Organization: Schlumberger Geco-Prakla X-Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 02 Jul 1998 13:15:18 +0200 In-Reply-To: Hiren Mehta's message of Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:18:31 +0530 (IST) Message-ID: Lines: 17 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hiren Mehta writes: > I Installed freebsd on my system. When ifconfig is run to bring the > network up, I get the following message : > > ifconfig: ioctl(SIOCAIFADDR) destination address required. > > What can be the problem ? How to fix this problem ? I think we need some more information in order to help you. Could you show us the contents of the "Basic network options" section from your /etc/rc.conf file? BTW, this should have gone to -questions, not -hackers. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message