From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 19:05:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD86106564A for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:05:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from will.rutherdale@utoronto.ca) Received: from mail.vex.net (smaug.vex.net [208.76.104.132]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48C178FC1D for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:05:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from will.rutherdale@utoronto.ca) Received: from [192.168.110.8] (unknown [207.35.13.79]) by mail.vex.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 58D7A17017 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:49:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4968EDAF.40108@utoronto.ca> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:49:19 -0500 From: William Gordon Rutherdale User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14ubu (X11/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Cannot get ethernet off the ground X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:05:05 -0000 Hi. I have just installed FreeBSD on a machine and am having trouble getting basic ethernet connectivity working. I know that the interface works because it functioned fine with the old virus software called 'Vista' on that connection. The ifconfig utility tells me that the machine recognises something called fwe0 with an ethernet address of 02:1e:8c:9a:3b:96. However dmesg tells me this is a 'Fake Ethernet' address. I used ifconfig (as root) to set the ip address and netmask for fwe0, but am unable to ping another machine on the network. I have not tried installing FreeBSD before but have installed other operating systems in the past including various versions of Linux. Is it possible that FreeBSD is not recognising the ethernet device properly at boot time, and giving it the wrong driver? Or is there a simpler step I missed? What steps can I take to get this interface working? -Will