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Date:      Thu, 8 Aug 1996 23:04:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
Cc:        Neil Fowler Wright <neil@netclub-lon.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3Com Etherlink III 3C509 netstat -r rproblems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960808230347.222F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <32096A34.531@ime.net>

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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote:

> Neil Fowler Wright wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> >         I have got FreeBSD up and runnign successfully, but I cannot get it to
> > talk to the Local Network.
> > 
> > We have a P166 with an Adaptec SCSI Driver and a 3COM Etherlink III card.
> > Origionally there was an IRQ collision between the two cards, but using the
> > 3C905 Network Interface with an IRQ of 8 both now come up successfully.
> > 
> 
> And using 8 works.. Hmm, Never tried it. Seems to me it could/would
> really screw up the system.

I'll echo that.  I've never seen 8 used; I use 10, 11, 12 and maybe 9.  I
don't have an interrupt list handy.

Be on guard for screwy system operation.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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