From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 08:49:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5919337B401 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:49:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astarte.volker.de (p50891B7D.dip.t-dialin.net [80.137.27.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D43243F85 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:49:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@secspace.de) Received: from astarte.volker.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by astarte.volker.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h3MFnAeK041068 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:49:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@secspace.de) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:49:10 +0200 From: Volker Kindermann To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030422174910.754dda23.freebsd@secspace.de> In-Reply-To: <20030422150115.700.qmail@web20704.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030422150115.700.qmail@web20704.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: adding second network card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:49:16 -0000 > I installed a second 3Com Etherlink 3 card in a new 5.0 FreeBSD box. > Both of these devices should be using the vortex device I believe(vx0 > vx1 etc.) I have added the following to /etc/rc.conf: > network_interfaces="lo0 vx0 vx1"ifconfig_vx0="inet 10.0.0.79 netmask > 255.255.255.0"ifconfig_vx0="inet 10.0.0.80 netmask 255.255.255.0" I think it's a typo that you use vx0 twice? > and > rebooted. On the console during boot I see the error: "ifconfig: > interface vx1 does not exist" Is the card recognized in dmesg-output? Please show us the corresponding dmesg. -volker