From owner-freebsd-net Mon Dec 28 12:43:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16385 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:43:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Homer.Web-Ex.com ([209.54.66.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16378 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:43:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@web-ex.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by Homer.Web-Ex.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00327 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:43:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jim@web-ex.com) X-Authentication-Warning: Homer.Web-Ex.com: jim owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:43:15 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Cassata To: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: confused with network cards In-Reply-To: <211D0157FD1FD21190DB00104B8765E906D112@mail> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org an ed0 card (ne2000 compatible) must be set to a specific io address and irq and that info told to the kernel. I use irq 5, io 340h. Put this in your kernel config and make a new kernel. If you are going to ask how to do either one of those I would refer you to the docomentation. If this is a new install, just know what irq and io address the nic card is set to and tell sysinstall during the install. Jim Cassata 516.421.6000 jim@web-ex.com Web Express 20 Broadhollow Road Suite 3011 Melville, NY 11747 On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Miguel Sierra wrote: > > > Guys: > > I have two network cards (a ISA DLink which uses the drivers of a DE220, > and I have another one, a SMC PCI with support of 10BaseT and 100BaseT) > which of the two cards is better for FreeBSD?? and how to configure them > to see my network. > > I could ping my localhost. I tried to set up my ed0, but it tells me > that there is nothing on ed0. that is as far as I have got. > > thank you, > > Miguel. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message