From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 9 04:15:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA02453 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 04:15:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [204.97.248.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA02441 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 04:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kimiko.tcguy.net (buxton-10.ime.net [206.231.148.139]) by ime.net (8.7.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA23217; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 07:14:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <320B1DAE.3E55@ime.net> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 07:14:54 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler Reply-To: tcg@ime.net Organization: The Computer Guy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu CC: Neil Fowler Wright , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Com Etherlink III 3C509 netstat -r rproblems References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White wrote: > > 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. IRQ 8 = Clock/Calender.. (RTC, Real Time Clock) Something that you DO NOT want to try sharing! -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848