Re: configure nic card

From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 12/06/03

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    Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 12:05:10 -0600
To: Eric Greene <EricDGreene@hotmail.com>

    Eric Greene wrote:

    >Hello, I am a long-time Windows user, who is now getting
    >started with learning FreeBSD. I am using the KDE desktop to
    >start with. I would like to know how to configure my nic card so I
    >can get connected to the internet (Cable access - the
    >system is on a LAN).
    >
    >Where do I get started configuring this card?
    >
    >
    You've got a fairly good answer already,
    so I hope I'm not flooding your inbox ...

    In addition to what's been recommended,
    I'd suggest grabbing the handbook ---

     ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook
     (english version, multiple formats available)

    And placing it somewhere on the LAN where
    you can read it often.

    Also, in the previous response, the configuration
    line shown was for the RealTek driver (8139 chip)
    only. If you've got that NIC (lots of cards have the
    8139 chip) then you should be good to go.

    You'll want to examine your "dmesg" if you have some
    other NIC; likely the system has ID'd it. Combine it with
    grep(1) and you should see the driver name/device number
    you need. This one's a 3com:

    <kadmin@localhost> [/home/kadmin] [11:59]
    #dmesg | grep Ethernet
    xl0: Ethernet address: 00:10:5a:e4:b1:04

    So in this case it'd be

    ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0"

    that you'd want in /etc/rc.conf.

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