Interfaces show up as active when the ethernet cable is plugged in. You still need to configure the interface to give it an IP address etc. See https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/config-network-setup.html#idp64484968I'm surprised because I checked ifconfig and ethernet is active ??
ifconfig
. What is the handle of your internet connection? One might be "lo0"; the other "em0" or "ue0", etc. The one that is not "lo0" is your internet. Type ifconfig em0 up; dhclient em0
into the command line (replacing "em0" with your relevant handle). Does this start your connection? If so you need to add something to your rc.conf so you'll have internet after every reboot. Let me know.