Configuring the Network Card
As we discussed in the last chapter, a computer can have multiple Ethernet cards (interfaces), and each of those can have multiple IP addresses and related settings. Convention is for each machine to have one Ethernet card with one IP address, but there's no reason to limit ourselves in that regard; this chapter will show how to set up as many simultaneously installed cards as you like, as well as to bind as many IP addresses to each card as you see fit.
The first step is to make sure you have at least one Ethernet card that FreeBSD will work with. Table 23.1 lists all the cards that are supported in the GENERIC kernel. The system should recognize any of these, which comprise the vast majority of the hardware used ...
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