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Date:      Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:37:21 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd@omni.dp.ua
Subject:   Re: 2nd network card installation
Message-ID:  <20001215193721.B51999@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>
In-Reply-To: <1427449341.20001215175656@omni.dp.ua>; from "Dennis Turpitka" on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 05:56:56PM %2B0300
References:  <1427449341.20001215175656@omni.dp.ua>

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* Dennis Turpitka <freebsd@omni.dp.ua> [20001215 19:01]: writing on the subject '2nd network card installation'
=>Hello All!
=>
=>  I decided to set up a router. But I installed FreeBSD (4.2-RELEASE)
=>  on router when I had only one card (DEC chipset) on it. Now I want
=>  to install second adapter - Genius PCI GE2500 (based on Realtek 8029
=>  chipset). Can somebody tell me EXACTLY what steps I must do to make
=>  it all OK? I am VERY new in FreeBSD and UNIX.
=>  Thanks in advance.


If you're sure you've ascertained that the card is supported by FreeBSD
then it is easy. Just powerdown, plugin the card and power up.
See in the kernel config file that device rl is enabled, if not enable and
recompile.
Then go to /etc/rc.conf and add the line
For whatever name the systems detects it as,
ifconfig_[device name]="inet x.x.x.x netmask 1.2.3.4"

That should be all.

HTH

-Wash

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