argh with freebsd's networking!

[Erik Norgaard]

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
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