From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 20 17:55:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA24782 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:55:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from out2.ibm.net (out2.ibm.net [165.87.194.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA24777 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:55:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mrmet@ibm.net) Received: from smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net (slip166-72-68-25.fl.us.ibm.net [166.72.68.25]) by out2.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA176696 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 00:54:42 GMT Message-Id: <199810210054.AAA176696@out2.ibm.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: Post Road Mailer for OS/2 (Green Edition Ver 2.6) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 18:03:50 EST From: "C.Joseph Pena" Reply-To: "C.J.Pena" Subject: Configure Interface for Ethernet LAN Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Although my FreeBSD installation went smoothly I have been unable to configure a 'normal' interface for an Ethernet LAN; the only interface my PC has is the loopback. At the time of installation there was no Ethernet adapter installed on the machine; it was added AFTER installation. I have tried to configure the interface 'manually' as in... ifconfig lp0 192.xx.yy.zz ..but I get the error "Destination address required" Then I ran /stand/sysinstall, chose "Networking", then "Interfaces" and saw that lp0 is an interface for a parallel port connection, and that what I needed was an Ethernet connection, as in ep0. However, there was NO ep0 entry in sysinstall -- only lp0, sl0 and ppp0! My hostname has been defined, as well as the HOSTS table for the LAN but the PC remains on the outside, like Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Diagnostic commands like netstat -ain also show ep0 missing, although they show lp0, tun0, sl0, etc. Ping only works with localhost-- any other host on the network results in error "No route to host". If I can just get this machine connected, he just might guide the sleigh. Thank you. --------------- cjpena mrmet@ibm.net --------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message