Installing Ethernet Driver.

Josh Paetzel friar_josh at webwarrior.net
Mon Sep 22 10:02:44 PDT 2003


On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 09:55:23AM -0700, Naveen Glore wrote:
> hey,
> While installing FreeBSD4.5 from CD on my system, I could not install the driver for the ethernet. After installing the freeBSD, I checked "ifconfig"  and found no entry for the ethernet. Well, since i did not install any driver for ethernet during installation of FreeBSD its obvious that there is no information about the ethernet in "ifconfig". 
> My question is : how can i install the ethernet driver and also how can i find the proper driver for it.
> Thanks in advance.
> Ramana.
> 
> 

Most, if not all of the NIC drivers are in the default kernel that is 
installed upon initial installation.  The output of dmesg and the type of NIC 
that you have would be helpful information.

Josh Paetzel



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