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Date:      Sun, 05 Apr 1998 15:54:09 -0500
From:      "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>
To:        support@internetuniverse.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ETHERNET CARD PROBLEM
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19980405155409.00821ab0@midwest.net>
In-Reply-To: <352802D3.3CFE@internetuniverse.com>

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Have you tried the card in a different slot? Are you postive that the card
works? I'd swap it, and see if the problem presists. What does the output
of ifconfig -a say?!?

At 03:16 PM 4/5/98 -0700, Support Desk wrote:
>I am trying to install FREEBSD 2.2.5 on an INTEL PENTIUM 200mhz
>processor and find no problems with the install itself, I have tryed
>several times to configure a 3COM 3C905-TX PCI ethernet card in the
>system, freeBSD sees the card and it is installed with a vx0
>configuration, the loopback looks fine, the netstat -r looks good, but
>the card does not light up and all pings outside the machine fail. Now
>this card is being set with a irq of 9, I remember that 9 might be a
>problem. The card software does not allow for this to be changed. You do
>have the card listed as a compatible ethernet card. 
>
>I have tryed everything I can think of and could really use any help
>that can be provided.
>
>
>
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