Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:11:52 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Patrick Whalen <patrickwhalen@mac.com> Cc: Charles Pelletier <fozekizer@attbi.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NIC Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208280003110.21168-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <40C43D46-BA36-11D6-857D-003065D743AE@mac.com>
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Patrick Whalen wrote: > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:28:43 -0500 > From: Patrick Whalen <patrickwhalen@mac.com> > To: Charles Pelletier <fozekizer@attbi.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: NIC > > Thanks for the reply. If there is a more appropriate place for this > type of question, please let me know. > > The google search just turned up various copies of the Hardware Release > Notes for freebsd. > > I found this document linked to aue(4) when going the Hardware Notes: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ > man.cgi?query=aue&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE > > This document says that the driver is for a USB ethernet adapters. Mine > is a pci card with an RJ-45 port. Any idea why this would be? > > I did find a driver download from speedstream.com, but I would not know > how to determine which is the correct driver for FreeBSD. Furthermore, > I would not know where or how to install it. > > Working with unix, will I typically find drivers supplied by a hardware > manufacturer, or are they more often built by other means? > > Thanks for your help. > > patrick > <snip> Normally the drivers come with the system kernel source code. Rarely, with the exception of nVidia and a tulip NIC driver from Linksys a looooong time ago, have I gotten drivers from a manufacturer. Now, some drivers in the source may have been contributed by manufacturers, I can't speak to that. You've hit a problem lots of us have at one time or another - trying to load 'something else' on an old PC built specifically for windows and finding a rare piece of hardware that doesnt exist outside the Windows world. Get a new, common NIC - they're cheap :-) JB PS: and please bottom-post. > > On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 09:44 PM, Charles Pelletier wrote: > > > bsdnet calls it the aue(4) driver. just do a google search for your > > card AND > > freebsd. that'll help. > > > > --charlie pelletier > > --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Patrick Whalen" <patrickwhalen@mac.com> > > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 8:57 PM > > Subject: NIC > > > > > >> I am a macintosh user who has been drawn into FreeBSD because of Mac > >> OS > >> X. I've just completed my first installation of 4.6.2 on an older > >> Compaq Presario. > >> > >> Everything has gone well, except that I can't seem to get my network > >> card to work. It is a Siemens SpeedStream 1020. How do I know which > >> driver to choose when configuring the kernel at the very beginning of > >> installation? If the proper driver is not listed, then how do I > >> install > >> one? > >> > >> This NIC is listed as compatible, so it should work. > >> > >> I appreciate any help > >> > >> thanks, > >> patrick > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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