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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:34:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To:        mbermal@ucsd.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: D-Link 528ct ether net card
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990422163006.2095D-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904220059200.970-100000@celerystick.inetworld.net>

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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Mark Bermal wrote:

> Hello list!
> 	I have just been given a (well, two actually) D-Link 528CT
> ethernet cards so that I can network my FreeBSD 3.1 box and a windows 98
> box. In the documentation, it seems that this card isn't mentioned as
> being known to work. I however want this card to work, but I don't know
> what chipset it uses. The only thing I do know it that it works as a
> Realtek 8029 compatible device under windows 98. Is anybody familiar with
> this hardware and know how to get it to work? Also, how to I setup a
> TCP/IP LAN under freebsd? The handbook didn't have a lot to say about
> this, and the nmanual pages keep mentioning "interfaces, but I don't know
> the names of the "interfaces"

Try the "rl0" driver, try to talk email -hackers if it doens't work,
we support the *cough* crappy^H^H^H^H^H^Hinexpensive RealTek chipset.

As far as setting up a lan, I suggest you purchase some books on
TCP/IP network administration, these commands may be helpful:

man ifconfig  (try ifconfig -a to see interfaces ie. your network cards)
man route
man netstat

man resolv.conf
man named

> plesase help me!
> 
> Thank You!
> 
> 
> Mark Bermal
> 
> PS: I'm using rxvt with Pine, nad backspace doesn't seem to work with rxvt
> and pine, anybody have this problem?

Yes: try adding this line to the file ".Xdefaults" in your home directory:

Rxvt.backspacekey: ^H

then typing "xrdb -m .Xdefaults" or restarting X.


-Alfred 



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