From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 19:53:56 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 CBAC51065705 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f20.google.com (mail-bw0-f20.google.com [209.85.218.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AC448FC1B for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:53:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so4148169bwz.19 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:53:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=UjlQxuneqz8S87O5GvRzOBFjOiQV+bHMhHu623Y7Eg4=; b=THUtONbkrxkfh8xqkLM0hNEXkun+MqcbaX2pEds/r9tHAGEIT1D163cFVEC9BVKIom SS4cKm6MF5s01VntiPlrREisfDsLR0YCN64c7aSzrwb8qJ+2b8Ao+hrjPh6klxo3VS22 KQLe30M9uMg/FfLxsc21nHU+osddKrd8lplxk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=dcuP835fi48GHmzblF6tuDdMoYidnfBmoW9pnnz2kr1SKOFsp5GcYAgdjFpk8PPjPG XFJ7PzYLujhXvaY73d475t4CX6A4OEgTau+gmhqVop/PEfsCxVs4Mf4Dp8nRuLVG4BUZ N5efcXgqHLpfhsppcLbVqLmuyPamwe7LgQ0qo= Received: by 10.223.113.194 with SMTP id b2mr19674183faq.80.1231617235025; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:53:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.115.1 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:53:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3a142e750901101153x66d0099dxa871dce07df32175@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:53:54 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: "William Gordon Rutherdale" In-Reply-To: <4968EDAF.40108@utoronto.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4968EDAF.40108@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 19:53:57 -0000 On 1/10/09, William Gordon Rutherdale wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > fwe is ethernet emulation driver for firewire. post output of pciconf -lv. -- Paul