ifconfig -a em0: flags .......lot of data ..................... status: active
( I'm guessing this is the ethernet interface) lo0: similar stuff as em0 and my var/log/messages has a lot of data in it, I dont know if I'm identifying a boot message accurately but there is a line that specifies the location of a kernel boot file as /boot/kernel.............I dont know if this is just default message present here On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Alphons Fonz van Werven < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: > > > I'm guessing it does detect the interface, network-device & all that, > bcos > > my ifconfig says the ethernet status is active. But still I'm unable to > do > > any kind of networking at all, even pings from other PCs to this one > remain > > unreachable. I'm wondering if I should configure something else in the > > sysinstall or the rc.conf file. > > Hehe. Network problem solving often seems more about magic than about > logic... > > Anyway, for starters, can you send me the output of ifconfig -a? > Also, if your NIC got detected, there should be some boot messages in > /var/log/messages. You might want to check on that. > > Alphons > > -- > VISTA - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"