From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 16 04:17:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19617279 for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 04:17:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm27-vm8.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm27-vm8.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC591113F for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 04:17:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=prodigy.net; s=s2048; t=1431749649; bh=+AA9ieg5IjdMMMTGEPxQYX/NeLzUPofl8359hw6kgOE=; h=Cc:From:To:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:References:From:Subject; b=mViKDpq6mrYrfb7hwhas6rkdb/v3MdWlD0xVwhGWqJxOPKBsBd1OsBW/G/NNt5NoTc6SrGjl+SBiHwYEQs7ZskSG2cWXOaE61bXHjh7+0IMmw5Rsbxh6L8s67qPgpDsqjgjfXzHlIVk8KI+9T9F4NSeySdjWxNqFyZgWBvGcY7VAXLGBgMnB8sAhJP1s5GuwADZ667t0HS4oO69Y53yDgL5I+ftO1lj4eE7u7NQHAEz+Joj2TZzKcW6EOKYHm8ppJMTbHjVEbQgpSGnIWL+NWCo8jHYpkbkjtzgzwxZneBFeK3OXGf4P5o+f83GeJ+rZGlGXpyLObL9TSY5jx1AyyQ== Received: from [216.39.60.167] by nm27.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 04:14:09 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.241] by tm3.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 04:14:09 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 04:14:09 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 166305.98111.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: eZglDioVM1lQvsuUyWjutrWjDpdbcmMXs7gCbQn2VCtP6ee FWHOiqJhtp1Ki8GoYJd7PNOeSQR1I26gmrbFPORIgkODGvZi5Xk5sBiCCR5a SGUbTtxskKrVriLrT8MIsD4wLlwokqdYA_c3WzR_HqSnGIu3Ww_DOsGWTWgx BgG3Qgjh6noOzkC46aoxvTo8JUhREWGEVE.Y.jmNCkhY8Q6.KjMEaG_vqi77 .UvicmSkC6H9Zb5Pwme.7Qrgu2sRLsWepjIm7qb.0kujWh_z7hdS1O4Urb0E g61DfJWswlzy.3lo6FPL8rSlA5c7TPGwveAVfk9vvow1HRbDUOxF9f9z.kZ3 DaQzo_et7OwvPsC0LTWLEVCLImsLVriCmZ4k9cJQmnIZmjIfp9Y7txDjQFFM 4MG5DR4RYK78MMCCNSxUPUTKCe7yGP9gzk.9IWU6SWpIJ_I0c9tlxRXk4jra ViCC9JtAvp1mocVFRkqKzFkahLNU_TrWgy6cttcfKWRn59JugUQhf17eJTv5 BtBRRl2c7ul0XJxJRrBG8CZBVirCXh_d61l5yRyUUypPz.CDcBqVL3lTmHQU si1eWirsL1w-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: 46rcWa.swBDnY9zvhIrsU2awgPSTQgUKFFrFJjEU8wwG Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <223D6233-6743-4B7F-8451-52950EB4DD78@prodigy.net> From: Jeffry Killen To: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <9C3B386F-9D42-4B26-8264-C9B9D73B7296@lafn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: configuration script? Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 21:14:07 -0700 References: <9C3B386F-9D42-4B26-8264-C9B9D73B7296@lafn.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 04:17:32 -0000 On May 15, 2015, at 7:43 PM, Doug Hardie wrote: > >> On 15 May 2015, at 18:47, Jeffry Killen wrote: >> >> In the past when I installed from cds ordered from FreeBSD mall, =20 >> there >> was a lot of software I could add after the installation process was >> concluded. I did not see that here. Is that what the "Live Cd" is =20 >> all about. >> (I have been browsing the handbook and haven't found anything >> revealing in this respect) > > I normally reboot the system and get it running on the newly =20 > installed system and then add ports. > >> When there are two or more network interfaces that have names >> like en0, en1... etc. How do I tell which physical port is used by =20= >> which >> network device? When there are only two, it is easy to switch back =20= >> and >> fourth and look at ifconfig output, and do pinging for hosts on the >> same networks. In this case at least one will be used for internet =20= >> connectivity >> via DHCP to dsl/modem, and another will be connected with manual =20 >> address >> to local network. If I have a cable plugged into the wrong socket, =20= >> things can >> get confusing for me and the system. > > The easy way to identify the ports is to use a switch and connect =20 > one cable from the switch to one port. Then run =93ifconfig=94 and = see =20 > which port is =93UP=94. Then label the jack. Move on to the next and = =20 > so forth. > >> >> This machine came with two built in networking interfaces & sockets =20= >> (RJ45) >> that were not supported by FreeBSD at the time. So I got two more =20 >> interface >> cards that did have driver support. That makes a total of four on =20 >> this machine. >> Is there a standard pattern for matching the physical port to the =20 >> device name? > > > The same procedure above should resolve this also. > Thanks for advice, info, etc JK