Subject: Re: Newbe needs help, NIC card.
To: Mac McCaskie <mccaskie@kc.rr.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/05/2003 23:49:52
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:52:04PM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> Howdy All,
>
> I am attempting to install NetBSD on a machine (that had FreeBSD) on it
> with the current release.
>
> Here's the issue, I cannot ping the PC either in or out. I could with
> FreeBSD.
>
> The NIC is a Kingston EitherRx VP10/100 (KNE 110TX). It has 4 LED's on
> it, the AX light is off, all others are green. The cable is plugged in
> (both ends).
>
> netstat shows it as the tlp0 device (re:
> http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/pci.html )
>
> I have re-installed NetBSD from stratch, but that didn't help and I
> still have the same issue.
>
> Other clues are:
>
> -when installing, I did not know what my options were for "Network Media
> Type", so I left it at "autoconfigure"
>
> -During boot, I get the message "$Hostname not set in /etc/rc"
What does
ifconfig -a
and
ifconfig -m tlp0
show ?
--
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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