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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:29:41 +0100
From: Ramanan Selvaratnam <rama@ukfsn.org>
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Subject: Re: Hello -- Routing issues
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Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am experiencing problems while trying to route a FreeBSD 4.4  system 
> [1] to the internet via an ADSL modem [2].
>
[...]

>
> The network interface has been found and configured after some 
> problems with an embedded Gigabit ethernet interface .....the solution 
> being addition of a PCI based network card even though the manual page 
> (man em) 

Apologies .....this should have been 'man 4 em'
<http://tinyurl.com/k78f>

> claims support for Gigabit in version 4.4

Anyway the issues due to the Gigabit ehternet interface are less 
pressing right now.

Best wishes,

Ramanan