First thing to do is see if your network card is recognised and a driver loaded. Try ifconfig at the command line and see what network devices it sees. If your device has been recognised there will probably be a device there that has no IP address allocated.
Another way of seeing this is that on my install there is a little network connection icon in the task bar (next to the clock, bottom right of the desktop, looks like a globe or something). Click on it and enter the root password and see what it says there. The loading of kernel modules for different cards is similar in concept to linux, but different in the details of the commands to run. kldload loads a kernel module, eg kldload if_ath loads my atheros wireless card's driver. At that point The automatic loading of modules is handled by uncommenting entries in /boot/defaults/loader.conf. For example to get my atheros device to load at boot up I uncommented the line if_ath_load="NO" to if_ath_load="YES" Actual network configuration is carried out in /etc/rc.conf Anyway, lets get the device recognised first... On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:05:59 +1200 Reg wrote: > > The other day I installed PC-BSD and it looks great, installed first pop on > the old Celeron 333. I have got my mouse going now and also able to change > graphics resolution although it still seems hard to read even at 800x600. > Maybe its time I hunted out a cheap 17" monitor. > > My next problem to fix now is to connect to the internet. Which does not > seem to be happening, could be that the network card is not recognized, not > sure and don't know where to look. It is a NE 2000 compatible. My internet > connection is via the network card and cable into 4 port router / ADSL > modem. Other computers via same modem all working and connected to network > as b4. > > Where do I start to make it connect to the net? > > Regards > Reg -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
