Re: Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install

From: whitevamp (whitevamp47_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/12/04

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    To: "Glyn Teb***" <d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com>, "Freebsd-Newbies Mailinglist" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:57:58 -0700

    just a thought try this ..
    in /etc/sysctl.conf place this line
    net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Glyn Teb***" <d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com>
    To: "Freebsd-Newbies Mailinglist" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
    Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:42 AM
    Subject: Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install

    > Hi all
    > Im completely new to Freebsd and bsd in general, have been using linux
    > for the past 2years and windows for work reasons but i have recently
    > made room for freebsd on 1 of my pcs. This box has a Realtek RTL
    > 8139/8139C/8139C+ (according to lspci) nic. On the linux kernel and obv
    > windows, i have no problem, but when i pop in the freebsd install disc
    > and start the install process the nic indicator on my router goes from
    > green to orange. I can ping the box and ping from the box around my lan
    > but when i try and ping the outside world, i get nothing. I've searched
    > around on google but i cant find that much information regarding freebsd
    > and this nic. i did read it was supported but i cant seem to get it to
    > work. If im best off buying a new card then ill do that but id rather
    > not have to.
    >
    > Thanks for any replies
    >
    > ps this maybe not the best place to post this but i thought it was worth
    > a try
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