Roger Lynn writes:
> I think the basic problem is that we don't appear to have any ethernet
> devices in /dev.

BSD style unices do not put network devices in /dev, since user code
doesn't directly manipulate them.

> The output from ifconf -l gives:
> 
> lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 32976
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
> sl1: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
> ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ppp1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> tun0: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
> tun1: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
> 
> none of which look like ethernet interfaces to me.

None of them are, but that is perhaps because during autoconfiguration 
none were probed.


> Where do I get an ethernet device from?

The computer shop?

Perry