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Date:      Fri, 16 Jun 1995 14:48:02 -0700
From:      bhonaker@ec.sdcs.k12.ca.us (Bill Honaker)
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and 3c509 cards
Message-ID:  <v01510106ac07ac1afb30@[165.24.1.96]>

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FYI -
this fixed it for me, thanks to Mike.

Bill

>Is your card one of the "combo" cards with a coaxial, aui and telephone style
>plug on it?  That's what I'm using.  I have to add what the man page for
>ifconfig refers to as an ATLPHYS flag to the ifconfig command line.  I think
>there are 3 flags: link0, link1 and link2.  I use link2, which equates to the
>telephone style connector.  Check the man page for more specifics:
>
>man ifconfig
>
>If your system is standard configuration, you should have a file
>/etc/hostname.ep0.  Edit that file and add the linkx command. Mine looks
>like this:
>
>heitmann.mdc.com netmask 255.255.0.0 link2 mtu 1500
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                     ^^^^^
>      |                                |
>Use your IP address here             This is for the telephone jack
>
>
>Before I added the link2, I could ping myself,  but couldn't reach anything
>on the network.
>
>I hope this helps you.
>
>Mike Heitmann
>Internet: mike@hpanalog.mdc.com





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