Is the new version going to be easier to get working?

[Jason Morgan]

On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 02:33:13PM +1000, NoIP (exemail) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>         Two mornings ago I was feeling pretty good. I had downloaded and
> burnt to disc freebsd, pcbsd and also desktopbsd. But not now
> 
>         Having 21 computers here I figured I would finally be rid of
> MSwindows, and have a complete LAN system that was more reliable.
> 
>         Seven computers I have tried with all three BSDs and not one of them
> managed to produce a working network connection. The only thing I achieved
> was that now I can almost visualise every screen from the installations.
> 
>         I am baffled by how anyone is able to get a bsd networked system
> working.  I guess I just have to stick with a windowsOS.
> 
> Regards ...
> 
>         Ian Galloway

Hello Ian,

Perhaps you could offer more information explaining what you've tried,
a bit about your network setup, and the results of running dmesg and
ifconfig on one of your problem systems? Without that, it will be
tough to help you.

Cheers,
Jason