Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:06:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Robert Brazile <brazile@momentum.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with Etherlink III Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960904230502.529G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0b11.32.19960904155726.0056a860@mail.momentum.com>
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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
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