Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:01:44 -0500 From: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> To: "John Bleichert" <syborg@stny.rr.com>, "Patrick Whalen" <patrickwhalen@mac.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NIC Message-ID: <002f01c24e50$015d09e0$32040101@hume> References: <2328C7A2-BA41-11D6-857D-003065D743AE@mac.com>
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when you finish the sysinstall work, at the rebooting, you should be able to see the list of the devices that ARE actually on your system. just read carefully or do a dmesg | more and scroll down the list. --charlie pelletier --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Whalen" <patrickwhalen@mac.com> To: "John Bleichert" <syborg@stny.rr.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:46 PM Subject: Re: NIC > On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 11:11 PM, John Bleichert wrote: > > > 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 > > The NIC that I have is actually new. I bought it specifically because > it was listed in the Hardware Notes. > > When I install, or boot -c, I get a list of 6 drivers from which to > choose. None of them stand out as the correct one. At first, it shows 7 > conflicts. If I get rid of all of them, and then later on go into the > Networking configuration, the card shows up as an unidentified device, > or something to that effect. If I choose an arbitrary driver, either > nothing will show up under Networking, or I will get something like > faith0. > > Should I need to choose a driver, or is it automatic? Is there > something else that I'm missing? Is there anything specific which I > should look for when I type 'ifconfig'? > > 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
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