Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 08:57:16 -0400 From: dave@hawk-systems.com (Dave) To: "Rey Lim" <rey@digitalfoundry.ca>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: NIC problems and internet connection Message-ID: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNEECCHPAA.dave@hawk-systems.com> In-Reply-To: <004f01c12b90$71d739e0$a31a5018@vc.shawcable.net>
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below >-----Original Message----- >From: Rey Lim >Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:00 AM >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: NIC problems and internet connection > I've asked a few individuals and they said to try to look for an >eth0 or rl0 during bootup (dmesg). I didn't see eth0 but i did see rl0 > > rl0 = <ACCTON MPX 5030/5038 10/100 baseTX> at devide 13.0 on pci0 > rl0 = couldn't map port > >and then when i took a look at pci0 > > pci0 = <unkown card> (vendor = 0x1102, dev 0x0002) at 15.0 > >i've also looked through different sites like Freebsd diary and >freebsd cheatsheet for solutions to this problem, but i'm convinced >freebsd isn't detecting my NIC, this is so because they all tell me to >edit my DHCP settings, and to edit DHCP settings, you need to know >what the NIC's device name is. rl0 Selecting a good NIC for FreeBSD... we thought we had done fine with a set of good 3COM's and ended up replacing them with Intel Pro100's... chances are @home provided you with a $2 NIC... check the compatibility chart there. Dave ps, try to post in plain text format To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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