Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:30:58 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: argh with freebsd's networking! Message-ID: <43A28952.2030907@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <001501c6020d$d404e9c0$0c00a8c0@mothra> References: <001501c6020d$d404e9c0$0c00a8c0@mothra>
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Jeff D. Hamann wrote: > the instructions seem to be clear enough but the problem is is that I > don't have any network connection so I can't install ports and packages. You shouldn't need to download any packages, drivers should be with the source code which you have on the install cds. > If anyone has any > meaningful assistance in getting the wireless or the wired ethernet > working please assist. Well: output from dmesg would be really usefull, because then we can see what the kernel identifies. Also, just output of ifconfig will give you a list of found interfaces and their current configuration. If the driver is in the kernel then the nic will appear in dmesg. Then all you have to do is: ifconfig_<interface> <ip>/<mask> For wireless it may be more complicated because you also need to set SSID etc. > I'm using FreeBSD 6.0 i386. I downloaded the ISO images last week. I > would love to recompile the kernel so that neither works. Most nic's drivers are in the GENERIC kernel, but if not you can load the needed modules, for example: kldload if_iwi Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9
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