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Date:      Mon, 3 May 1999 12:53:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        kok <cckok00@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 3 com network card
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905031252350.20321-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <372BBE55.7B5A40CF@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>

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On Sun, 2 May 1999, kok wrote:

> i have question about network card device
> 
> 
> 1)
> >From the freebsd handbook, there is information about 3 com card is
> device 'x10'
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
> device xl0
> 
>           3Com Etherlink XL series PCI ethernet controllers (3C905B and
> related).
> 
> 
> but the boot message from the computer is 'vx0'
> 
> 
> 2)    i have two network cards, but i couldn't have add 'vx1'
> and i also couldn't ping 11.0.0.1     after setting     ifconfig vx1
> 11.0.0.1 255.0.0.0

90X cards will appear as vx0 if you're on FreeBSD before 2.2.8 (or maybe
3.0).

If you need to alias another IP to an interface, use the command:

ifconfig xl0 inet ###.###.###.### netmask 0xffffffff alias

The 255.255.255.255 netmask is essential.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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