Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:30:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: <melvin@mailmall.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Adaptec Quartet NIC Message-ID: <14820.52735.91234.658499@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLNMHPJIFBMLIJEKAKEDBDPAA.melvin@mailmall.net> References: <14820.45659.121962.740383@guru.mired.org> <NDBBLNMHPJIFBMLIJEKAKEDBDPAA.melvin@mailmall.net>
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Melvin Brown writes: > This is a 4-port ethernet card. When I configure the IP Address > information, the last thing that I am asked is "would I like to bring up > this Interface?". I answer "yes." So, do I still need to execute the > ifconfig command? Thanks for responding. Please keep -questions on the list. Others may find the answers useful. It depends on what you did after that. The interface needs to be brought up every time you boot the system. The "yes" then brought it up for the install process. If you then rebooted, it *should* be up because the install process set up your rc.conf to bring it up. It looks like ifconfig has lost the status indicator that I'm used to it having :-(. Check the ifconfig to verify that the address matches the address you expect it to have. If it does, it's up, and the problem is probably your network configuration. You'll need to send information about your network (IP addresses for the two interfaces in the FreeBSD box, netmasks, the addresses you expect it to see, etc.) to the -questions list so people more knowledgable about the subject than I can help you. <mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Meyer [mailto:mwm@mired.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:33 PM > To: Melvin Brown > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Adaptec Quartet NIC > > > Melvin Brown writes: > > I have installed the ANA-62044 NIC and am not able to ping anything on > > my network using that card. I see the entries for the card when I > > execute ifconfig -a. I am attempting to use the box as a router on a > > network. What am I doing wrong? > > Did you ifconfig the card to bring it up? The standard way to do this > on the command line is "ifconfig <if> inet <IP address> up" (the up is > isn't required the first time you bring it up). To make it happen on > startup, add the appropriate entries to /etc/rc.conf. If you're not > sure what those are, read /etc/defaults/rc.conf (whoops - that's > assuming you're running a recent freebsd; otherwise you have to work > on /etc/rc.conf directly). > > <mike > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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