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From: Al James <sastone@dfw.net>
Subject: Help! I can't communicate!
Message-ID: <5117cb$f419.3a7@limper.gsa.gov>
Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 20:04:25 GMT
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I recently installed FreeBSD on a PC with a 3C509 NIC.  I know that
the hardware works well.  I'm using them (with MS Windoze) to connect
to this news server!  When I boot BSD, the messages come across
saying that the card has been recognized and assigned to en0 or ec0
(It's been a week or two.)  But I can't seem to get if ifconfiged and
routed to get onto the 'net!  Here's some info that might be useful
to whomever can help:
	IP address: 	159.142.74.56	(sasquax.gsa.gov)
	Router address:	159.142.74.1	?
	Subnet mask:	255.255.255.192
	Network:	159.142		(gsa.gov)
Could someone send (or post) the commands I should use in order to
setup my system for communucation on the net?  I've dinked with
ifconfig and route until I'm blue in the face, but I'm getting 
nowhere, because I don't know what I'm doing!!!

Thanks!
Al