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 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
