Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:58:35 -0700 From: Nick Barkas <snb@threerings.net> To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What Do These Devices Do? Message-ID: <44DCFD8B.9020001@threerings.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 beno wrote: >>> vr0 >>> plip0 >>> lo0 man 4 vr; man 4 plip; man 4 lo FreeBSD typically has manual pages for drivers, in section 4 and named after the device. See also http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html for more about network card drivers. In this case, if you have a vr0 device on your system, that is most likely your ethernet card (or one of them if you have more than one). > Well, I appreciate your advice. But I *do* understand *most* of it. I'm > just asking about what I *don't* understand. You guys that have the > glorious advantage of having learned from professionals either as a > student or as a co-worker have no concept of how difficult this is to > learn by one's self. Indeed, I've spent all_day_yesterday_and_today > studying this material. And I've read and re-read quite literally dozens > of thick books on programming over the years. Actually, I didn't learn any of what I know about Unix or networking from a class. I learned a little bit from coworkers and friends, but the vast majority I learned on my own by reading man pages, books, and various types of online documentation (the FreeBSD Handbook is a really fantastic resource for learning FreeBSD basics). I'm guessing that many others on this list learned what they know on their own, too. > beno Nick -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE3P2L44NxFgGs4RMRCk+HAJ9yHF+n38gig9iXcUI/cPNurMxajACg1mTV uaO67MEVegV6rFAL83RQRqo= =+4lB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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