Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:47:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Andre Gignac <agignac@uoguelph.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help. (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127124525.16751B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.95.980123155150.20714A-100000@ccshst01>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Andre Gignac wrote: > I still can't get my FreeBSD box to address the network here at the house > and I'm running out of ideas. > > I've recompiled the kernel and only the vx0 devices are being probed for. All > other NIC's have been commented out of the configuration file. My NIC is a > "3Com EtherLink III Combo (3C900)" > > rc.conf > network_devices="vx0 lo0" > > ifconfig_vx0="inet 172.16.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0" > > How can I test that the actual hardware is responding to the OS? > What am I missing here? Do I have to play with the routing tables? If you haven't touched the routing tables, then that is where you need to work. To check if you're at least connected to the NIC, start up a pig and watch the traffic light. (Shoot, the 3c900 doesn't have a net traffic light. ;-/ netstat -i becomes your friend here.) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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