From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 24 11:51:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA04163 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:51:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA04034 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:51:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01184; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:51:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806241851.LAA01184@implode.root.com> To: Freebsd Mail Lists Reader cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: EtherExpress cards problem. Help!!! In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:49:09 +0300." <199806221449.RAA17273@romukr.kiev.ua> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:51:24 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I have a problem with two EtherExpress LAN cards. >When I ifconfig both of them (the fxp0 and fxp1 devices) >and try ping, the only one replies, while the second >gives: > >ping: sendto: Host is down > >It seems to me, like it's because they sit on the same >irq (12) > >Some details: I have the 2.2.5-Release box with 2 Intel >EtherExpress Pro/100 PCI LAN cards and they both sit on >the same irq, no matter how I try to change it (I've tried >changing both BIOS and kernel settings). BIOS type is Award. I don't know what the problem is, but I'd guess that it's a IP address or netmask issue (or even a cabling problem). Sharing of irqs is a standard and automatic part of the PCI specification and is not the cause of your problem. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message