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determine hostname.<device name> for NIC ?



On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:04:55 -0600, you wrote in <3B181F97.33B6D432@ssimicro.com> :

>Copy your existing hostname.xl0 or whatever over to a file that reflects
>the new device name, likely hostname.de0.  Change any commands or
>switches in that file as required.

How do I determine what device name to use ? 

As the DFE-530TX NIC (via-rhine) does not work with OpenBSD, I've found a 3COM905
NIC to use.  So I plug that card into this machine, but where do I find out what
device name to use ? 

Thanks.

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Darren Wyn Rees             merlin@netlink.co.uk
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