Eric Anderson wrote: > Marian Hettwer wrote: > >>> The installation went fine except for the network. I have a normal >>> network >>> card and a netgear dsl router, which is connected to the internet. I >>> could >>> configure the network using dhcp but I have no connection to the >>> internet. >>> Can someone point me in the right direction where to search for the >>> solution? >> >> >> hm... I believe some more information are needed. >> Please provide us with the following output: >> >> ifconfig -a >> uname -a >> dmesg >> >> I have no clue which Network Card you are using, and therefor which >> network card is configured for dhcp. I would guess that FreeBSD >> doesnīt know your NIC. So letīs fix this ;) > > > Actually, I think it's most likely because he needs PPPoE. > This might help: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html > hm, to me it sounds like he is using a Netgear DSL Router, which means, this box is already connected to the internet, and gives the information to its clients via dhcp. So I thought his Network Card in his FreeBSD is connected to the router and receives the information via dhcp ... If the "Netgear DSL Router" is actually a DSL Modem, which is directly connected to the FreeBSD Machine, then you are right - he needs PPPoE :) regards, MarianReceived on Thu Apr 15 2004 - 05:08:07 UTC
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