Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 21:29:34 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: Stan Brown <stanb@awod.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help identifying/configuring SMC Ehternet card. Message-ID: <3671FF3E.C5521B21@seattleu.edu> References: <199812120223.SAA01713@hub.freebsd.org>
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The link you want is: http://www.smc.com/Support2.html For SMC the letter after the 8432 appears to be the type of adapter, "T" I suppose means 10-BaseT? I think you want to download: DIAG.EXE- NT/WIN95 Diagnose for 9432/9332/8432/80XX Network Cards at http://www.smc.com/FTP/pub/nics/latest/diag.exe Stan Brown wrote: > > I just yesterday got my cable modem install. Looks really good with > jsut the laptop connected to it. Now to get the FreeBSD gateway workign > with it. > > First problem. This will require adding a second ethernet card, this > one with a 10baseT port. The installer was nice enough to leave one for > me. However he had no documnetion (it's PnP so Windoze needs none). I > need to idetify this unit, and figure out how to make it work with > FreeBSD> > > It's a SMC card, abd has a sticker that says 8432T C 2296 on it, and it > has ELEC5K-15 etched on the board. I found a refernce to a model 8432 > on the SMC web site, but was unable to find a setup program for it. > > I was hoping to get a setup program that would let me disable PNP on it > and configure the IRQ and memory address by hand. > > Has anyone got this unit working under FreeBSD/ If so how? It's a PCI > one, I had the choice of ISA, should I have gone that way? > > If I have to do PnP, can someone point me in the right direction > forthis? I really don;t want to muck up this machien. > > Thanks. > > -- > Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 770-996-6955 > Factory Automation Systems > Atlanta Ga. > -- > Windows 98: n. > minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a > 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit > microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit > of competition. > - > (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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