From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 2 18:16:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4737A16A4BF for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:16:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from host23.the-web-host.com (host23.the-web-host.com [209.239.32.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699BF43FDF for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:16:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from research@microcalorimetry.com) Received: from [192.168.1.20] (pool-141-154-145-187.wma.east.verizon.net [141.154.145.187])h831GEa0015095 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 21:16:17 -0400 X-Sender: fisichel@www.communityrenewables.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 21:16:08 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: research@microcalorimetry.com (Chris Fisichella) Subject: Problems with network cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 01:16:19 -0000 Hi, I am coming from the worlds of AIX and macintosh. As a result, I have little knowledge about x86 boxes. I installed a 4.4-release after a few tries. I am having some problems with networking. I have a Pentium/P54C (133.64-MHz 586-class CPU) with 32MB of real memory. My first card was made by SMC (8013WC). Apparently, FreeBSD does not support this card. So, I went out and picked one from the list of supported hardware. This next card was a 3COM 3C595 Fast Etherlink III PCI - port 0x6000 - 0x601f irq 9 at device 17.0 on pci0. The boot program says "disable 'auto select' with DOS util! address 00:a0:24:c8:74:e8 driver is using old-style compatibility shims. Well, this card does not seem to work. I have not had a chance to really trouble-shoot the card since I am brand-new to FreeBSD and was hoping this install would be a little less time consuming. I'm not bashing FreeBSD, by the way. I just don't know the ropes yet. OK, here is my question: 1. Is there some network interface card that I can put in and will work? Any recommendations? I don't have an extra DOS machine to set up the 3COM card. If this proposed card was available at a store, that would be good. It's hard to look at the supported hardware list to see whether it will need changes to the firmware, or whether it is jumper-selectable. Thanks for your time and I hope I will be able to return the favor some day. Regards, Chris