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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tcpdump: no suitable device found Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996 07:50:56 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <31B058D0.3C05@www.play-hookey.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.93.960530131336.22409C-100000@amy16.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Robert James Williamson wrote: > > I am unclear on how to resolve this problem. I have a fddi card > installed in the kernal properly, but it seems that none of the networking > software realizes I have any networking cards. Have I left out some > important configuration steps? What do I need to do to get the computer to > deal with my fddi card for networking? > > Here is my present configuration: > 1. Installed FreeBSD. > 2. Copied GENERIC kernal and inserted lines device fpa0 and pseudo > fddi > 3. config kernal - no problems. > 4. make kernal - no problems. > 5. make install - no problems. > 6. reboot and start up the new kernal - no problems. > > That's it. The new kernal clearly recognizes the fddi card. I'm > just stumped as to how to get all the networking programs to use it. > > Any advice/help/suggestions WARMLY received! > > Thanks! > > Robert Did you insert the appropriate lines in the Netconfig section of /etc/sysconfig? You can do a manual ifconfig on the card to check it out, but it must be listed on the "network_interfaces" line and must have an appropriate ifconfig_ line. I hope this helps. Ken