Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install

[Eric Toll]

 > > > orange. I can ping the box and ping from the box around 
> my lan but when i try and ping the outside world, i


Hmm. I'm not understanding then, you said earlier you could ping to and from the BSD box no problem, only not hosts on the big network. 

...Welp what did you do to "fix" it?


Enlighten us..



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Glyn Tebbutt
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:35 PM
> To: Freebsd-Newbies Mailinglist
> Subject: RE: Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install
> 
> The thing is this is just the install, i've not even got past 
> that yet because of the problem with this nic, because i want 
> to update my ports etc but if my nic is not working, i've no 
> where to go. My router connects to my cable line which then 
> gives dhcp to all my pcs on my lan, so each pc picks up it's 
> ip thou dhcp.
> 
> Is there a way to get a command line during install ?
> On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 17:52, Eric Toll wrote:
> >  
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org 
> > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Glyn Tebbutt
> > > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 12:42 PM
> > > To: Freebsd-Newbies Mailinglist
> > > Subject: Realtek RTL-8139 Nic & FreeBSD 5.2.1 Install
> > > 
> > > Hi all
> > > Im completely new to Freebsd and bsd in general, have 
> been green to 
> > > orange. I can ping the box and ping from the box around 
> my lan but 
> > > when i try and ping the outside world, i
> > 
> > What does ifconfig say from prompt?  I assume you have a 
> DHCP server 
> > or have manually typed in the IP address for your FreeBSD 
> machine. Perhaps it's a DNS issue.  Ping www.yahoo.com from 
> another machine (NOT all "world" or Internet hosts allow ping 
> or ICMP - yahoo does) Note the IP address that your other 
> machine resolves www.yahoo.com into.  Take this IP number and 
> try pinging it?
> > Try and ping your router or def gate from the BSD box. . .
> > 
> > You state your router goes from green to orange,  there may 
> also be an incorrect speed/duplex negotiation going on somewhere.
> > 
> > I have always had good luck with 3com cards.
> > 
> > HTH
> > Eric
> > 
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