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I am trying to hook up my computer to the internet. It is running freeBSD 6.2 and is has an ativa brand wireless card. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
No offense, but unless you have a particular need for 6.2, you are much better off with running a current version of FreeBSD for several reasons but lack of security updates is first and foremost.mickeyharvey70 said:I am trying to hook up my computer to the internet. It is running freeBSD 6.2 ...
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p11 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Feb 13 06:44:57 UTC 2008
[jblue@deflector-control ~]$ su
Password:
deflector-control# freebsd-update fetch install
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature from update1.FreeBSD.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
No updates needed to update system to 6.2-RELEASE-p12.
WARNING: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p11 HAS PASSED ITS END-OF-LIFE DATE.
Any security issues discovered after Sun Jun 1 02:00:00 CDT 2008
will not have been corrected.
Agreed, but as with most things in life there is a point of diminishing returns for any given tangent or endeavor. Since you are posting here, it would seem that you have other means of downloading updated install disks and you may find that you problem will go away with the newer version.mickeyharvey70 said:That makes sense but I don't have use for either one unless I get the internet working on it. Is it possible to upgrade once I get 6.2 connected?