Apply by doing: cd /usr/src patch -p0 < 002_ifmedia.patch And then rebuild your kernel. Index: sys/net/if.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/net/if.c,v retrieving revision 1.21 diff -u -r1.21 if.c --- sys/net/if.c 1999/08/08 14:59:02 1.21 +++ sys/net/if.c 1999/11/11 01:22:15 @@ -622,8 +622,11 @@ case SIOCADDMULTI: case SIOCDELMULTI: + case SIOCSIFMEDIA: if ((error = suser(p->p_ucred, &p->p_acflag)) != 0) return (error); + /* FALLTHROUGH */ + case SIOCGIFMEDIA: if (ifp->if_ioctl == 0) return (EOPNOTSUPP); return ((*ifp->if_ioctl)(ifp, cmd, data));