No, you're thinking of Linux, and eth0. That indeed means very little.

FreeBSD is very different, in that the name of a connection is
vendor-specific - for instance, rl0 means the first RealTeck NIC (rl1
would be the second, of course), and fxp0 is a different model Intel
NIC.

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 15:20, Joseph L. Casale
<[email protected]> wrote:
> em0 is equivalent to "Local Area Connection" it means nothing :)
> Do a pciconf -l (is that right on freebsd??) and dump the pci table.
> From that you can see what nic you need, or look in Windows dev mangler and 
> check.
>
> If it is Intel, you likely need the pro driver set, simple...
>
> jlc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 3:29 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Semi OT: XP drivers and T61
>
> FreeBSD identifies the ethernet as 'em0', which is an Intel NIC, and
> the wireless as a 3945abg, which is also Intel, and the sound chip as
> snd_hda, which is probably Intel also. I don't have any issues with
> the video, which is detected by XP - it's identified as Intel GM965.
>
> I can cruise the Intel site, but you'd think that if the vendor of the
> laptop is mentioning these drivers, I could get them from the web
> site. But no, they all say no download available. Sheesh.
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 14:08, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What kind of NIC is it? Can you get it from the NIC chipset manufacturer?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian Desmond
>> [email protected]
>>
>> c - 312.731.3132
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 3:20 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Semi OT: XP drivers and T61
>>
>> All,
>>
>> My personal laptop is a Lenov T61, and I have FreeBSD installed and
>> working just fine.
>>
>> However, I am trying to install XP, and can't find the drivers on the
>> IBM/Lenovo web sites at all - particularly the network drivers.
>>
>> I've been cruising their pages and googling a lot, but each page on
>> the IBM/Lenovo sites say there isn't a download available for the ones
>> I want most?
>>
>> Anyone run into this, and have an answer?
>>
>> Kurt
>
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