Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 17:32:35 +1000 From: "Eddie Irvine" <eirvine@tpgi.com.au> To: "Brandon Huey" <bh@synergy.transbay.net> Cc: "Guy" <guy@lisp.com.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network Cards Message-ID: <01bdbac3$0e6c2780$aa1a1acb@gretchen>
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-----Original Message----- From: Brandon Huey <bh@synergy.transbay.net> Fair enough. >that's a lot of work that $34.99 could eliminate. > >maybe pick a better-supported interface to start with, like the netgear >fa310tx. based on the dec 21140 chipset and has very efficient support in >freebsd. > >many ne2000 clones don't even have onboard memory. > > >On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Eddie Irvine wrote: > >> >> From: Guy <guy@lisp.com.au> >> >> >> When I was setting up FreeBSD it was the NIC cards that gave me the >> biggest and longest headache. Like you I was using an NE2000 ed0 card. >> >> Some pointers as requested: >> >> 1 Figure out what interrupt FreeBSD thinks the ed0 card is on (you say >> it is IRQ 10 ...) then use the disk that came with the card to check >> that the card really is set to IRQ10 in its CMOS, and set to simplex, >> not >> duplex. You'll have to boot up from a DOS floppy to do this :(. >> Turn off Pnp while you're at it. >> >> 2 Turn off Pnp in system CMOS for the IRQ that the card is on. >> (delete key on boot). >> >> 3 Do you know how to compile a custom kernel? I actually have my ed0 >> card >> set to IRQ 5 in the kernel, on the card's CMOS, and in the system >> CMOS. >> >> 4 "Device timeouts" are often caused by faulty connectors/flyleads/hubs >> not on. >> Probably check this *FIRST*. >> >> 5 ed1 is an NE2000 card in the PCI bus. If you have an ed0 device in the >> kernel >> it often requires no further configuration. >> >> 6 It should work. I now have one NE2000 card in the ISA bus and two on >> the PCI >> bus, and route between three LANs. FTP gets up to 800 k/sec. >> >> >> >Hi, >> >I have just re-installed freebsd, and my network card is not working >> >correctly (which it was prior to the re-install), the only difference >> >being that i added a scsi card and 2 scsi hard drives. None of which are >> >using irq ,dma, or ports which are used by other peripherals. I have set >> >it up correctly in the kernal configuration, to its correct settings >> >(irq 10 port 0x6000), but on boot (when the system is setting the >> >default gateway )i get the msg ed0: Device timeout. On the next line >> >after this i get - ed1: NIC Memory corrupt - inv alid packet length 64.. >> >I have only the one network card. Another strange thing is that ed1 does >> >not appear in the kernel configuration, although it is present in the >> >network configuration in /stand/sysinstall. I have been looking >> >everywhere for what is causing this problem but to no avail. So if >> >anyone can help me with this problem it would be greatly appreciated. >> >Regards >> >Guy Coble >> >> >> Good luck. >> Eddie. >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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