From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 4 23:06:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA24181 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line12.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.127]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA24172 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:06:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00583; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:06:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:06:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Robert Brazile cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with Etherlink III In-Reply-To: <3.0b11.32.19960904155726.0056a860@mail.momentum.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Robert Brazile wrote: > I've done some searching in the archive and been unable to find something > that exactly applies to my problem, so I am appealing to this group for some > help. > > I have a Gateway 2000 (sympathy accepted) P5-90 that I'm trying to turn into > a FreeBSD-based gateway. Installation of the system (2.1.5) went > uneventfully, and everything seems to work just fine -- except the network > interface. The card is a 3Com Etherlink III and I am using the ep0 > interface. When the system comes up, the network interface works [i.e., I > can ping things, get DNS queries resolved, etc.] but as soon as anyone tries > to do anything "real", such as telnet into the machine, the network > interface locks up and NOTHING goes through. Ugh. Apparenly your machine trips over the dreaded ep0 lockup bug. About the only thing I can say for you is to find a good NE2000 card. > Is there a way around this short of replacing the card? Any help is much > appreciated. Not at this time. BTW, check that Plug & Pray is turned off on the card. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major