You do have to assign a function to the NICs, unless you get lucky and 
they happen to be assigned correctly. This can be done now in the 
webgui, no need to type the names on the console.

Check out this screenshot to see what I'm talking about.
http://www.rodrig.com/~dave/webgui.png

Are the NICs confirmed good? Have you used them elsewhere?

dave


Bryan Kohlstedt wrote:
> I've been having problems setting up m0n0wall. I've got the .iso burned
> and I can boot off of it. It looks like it detects my cards properly
> (3com 3c905's) but I am unable to connect to the web interface or ping
> the lan interface. 
>  
> I believe it's true that we no longer have to assign a function to our
> card (lan/wan) if you're using the latest version. If I'm wrong on that,
> please correct me. I haven't had any luck in the times I've tried
> assigning a function. I always get "invalid interface name." I've tried
> using the mac address as the name but that hasn't worked.
>  
> Anyone have any ideas?
>  
> Thanks,
> Bryan Kohlstedt
>