FreeBSD: Atheros AR8131 / AR8132 Gigabit Fast Ethernet Driver Configuration

To configure the Atheros AR8131/AR8132 Gigabit Fast Ethernet driver on a FreeBSD system, you will need to do the following:

1. Install the ath kernel module by adding the following line to the /boot/loader.conf file:

if_ath_load="YES"

2. Load the ath kernel module by running the following command:

# kldload if_ath

3. Configure the network interface using the ifconfig command. For example, to configure the interface ath0 with the IP address 192.168.1.100 and the netmask 255.255.255.0, you can use the following command:

# ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0

4. Enable the network interface at boot time by adding the following line to the /etc/rc.conf file:

ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0"

Replace ath0 with the name of the network interface, and 192.168.1.100 and 255.255.255.0 with the desired IP address and netmask.

5. Bring up the network interface by running the following command:

# ifconfig ath0 up

This will enable the Atheros AR8131/AR8132 Gigabit Fast Ethernet driver and configure the network interface.

For more information about configuring network interfaces on a FreeBSD system, you can refer to the FreeBSD documentation and the ifconfig man page by running man ifconfig on the command line.