Subject: Re: First time network configuration
To: Andy R <quadreverb@yahoo.com>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/06/2002 12:51:45
> (you can find the interface name by issuing dmesg |
> more and looking for it. It will be something like
> fxp0, ep0, ex0, whatever. If you have more than one
> card, it may have a 1 like ep1 or whatever)

Also look at "ifconfig -l" output. First one is probably the one you use.

> If you set all of this correctly and reboot, your
> machine should be on the network. However, in Unix we
> never reboot if we don't have to so you can do this to
> bring up the interface:
>
> ifconfig <interface name> inet <ipaddress> netmask
> <netmask>

Or run "/etc/rc.d/network start".

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/