Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:00:48 -0500 From: "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net> To: "'Steiger, N. Wilson, (GS-12E)(TRNG) ATG WESTPAC'" <steigerw@atgwp.navy.mil>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 3c905b-tx not working Message-ID: <003801c37213$04bb6180$04fea8c0@moe> In-Reply-To: <E02BB1E9B873D711ABF60008C7DFB2691760AF@exchangesvr.atgwp.navy.mil>
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> I have just installed FreeBSD 5.0 on a Pent. 200 MMX w/192 MB=20 > RAM and 3 8 GB > HDs (SCSI-using AHA-2940U). My NIC is a 3c905b-tx. The MB is set to > non-plug-and-play. While booting the NIC shows link on my hub, but no > activity (duh), but as soon as the kernel sends configuration=20 > parameters to > the NIC it goes offline...no link lights or anything. I know=20 > the NIC works > fine as I was using it with Win98SE just minutes before=20 > loading FreeBSD 5.0. > I use the NICs config prog to check all the settings and they=20 > all appear to > be fine. This is only my fourth install of FreeBSD so I am quite the > novice, but I have never ran in to an issue with the NIC doing this > before... Ooops! I meant: Did you compile your kernel with support for: Device xl (3Com 3c90x nics)
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