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Subject: Re: 3Com Etherlink III 3C509 netstat -r rproblems
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Neil Fowler Wright wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         I have got FreeBSD up and runnign successfully, but I cannot get it to
> talk to the Local Network.
> 
1. run the dos 3com setup util - make sure card is set to what you need and
   want - irq and link type 

2. when freebsd boots, at the boot prompt type -c; this will bring up the device
   config util - best to say visual. no make SURE that the ep0 device is set to
   all same params as set by the dos util.

should work fine - i use these cards.

rich

> 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.
> 
> The system will come up and define the routing table, but it will not
> communicate across the Twisted-Pair connection to any other machines via
> the Hub. The hub will also not light up to say there is a valid link.
> 
> The machine (kaneda) IP is 194.74.216.2 and the router (corpex-gw) has an
> IP of 194.74.216.254, which are both configured in the /etc/xxxconfigs
> together with the appropriate Netmask.
> 
> The machine has to be successfully accessing the card, because netstat -r
> retruns valid data for the machines ethernet address.
> 
> Destination     Gateway         Flags   Refs    Use     Netif   Expiry
> default         corpex-gw       UGSc    9       0       ep0
> localhost       localhost       UH      0       0       lo0
> 194.74.216      link=A32          UC      1       0
> kaneda          0:a0:24:9d:70:8f        UHLW    3       147     lo0
> corpex-gw       link=A32          UHLW    10      0
> 
> note initially (just after boot) the last line is as follows.
> 
> corpex-gw       link=A32          UH      10      0       ep0     1
> but it expires to the above.
> 
> I have several questions, but I would alos appreciate some general comments
> where this problem has been encountered before (as is evident on the
> Mailing List Archive), but I can see no fixes listed there..
> 
> What does UHLW mean in the above?
> What does link=A32 mean in the above?
> 
> Do I NEED to change my network card?
> 
> Is there a configuration in the kernel I can change that will solve the
> problem, or a patch, or have I missed a configuration setting.
> 
> Note: The cable is fine, and the card is fine, when tested in another (Win95=
> )
> machine.
> 
> Many Thanks for any assistance you can give me.
> 
>                 Neil