Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 13:53:54 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Tim Gardner <tgardner@codeHorse.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca> Subject: Re: ASUS P4S533 on-board LAN Message-ID: <3DA49762.8060307@owt.com> References: <3DA48F47.C3EAF871@statcan.ca> <p05111b09b9ca426c6539@[192.168.1.4]>
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Tim Gardner wrote: > Mike, > >> I recently bought a machine with an ASUS P4S533 motherboard, >> and FreeBSD 4.6 does not see the on-board LAN connection at >> boot-up time. (Yes, it is enabled in the BIOS.) >> >> Must I buy a separate LAN card, or is there a way to get the >> on board connection to work? > > > I recently installed 4.6.2 on a p4b533-v. This has the Intel 82562ET > PHY chip; I'm not sure about the P4S533, but perhaps it is the same. I > installed bsd without the LAN, and then had to compile the kernel with > fxp. That still wasn't enough: I needed a patch. > That doesn't apply here. From a spec file at ASUSTeK on the P4S533, it is a Pentium 4 [Socket 478] Motherboard based on SiS Chipset This provides an SiS900 on-board LAN. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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