Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:13:44 -0700 From: "Sattler, Rick" <rsattle@uswest.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Problem enabling new ethernet card Message-ID: <A4BEFCD202C9D211A33100805FA7F535014CA2DB@porex01.dex.uswest.com>
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Howdy, I am attempting to create a dual-homed system and have run into a snag - I am having difficulty enabling the new ethernet adapter in the PC I am using. I have made sure the particular ethernet device is uncommented in the configuration file for my kernel, I have verified that the card is seen and enable in the system BIOS routine, yet the device is not probed for nor is it enabled upon boot of the system. I can enable/disable the current ethernet interface, so the configuration/make/install process is working. An assistance would be greatly appreciated. Here are the particulars: Running FreeBSD v3.1 (will upgrade AFTER I get this all working properly). The PC is a Compaq Deskpro 4000 with an embedded ThunderLan PCI ethernet chip. Plenty of RAM, plenty of disk. Everything working fine. Added a 3Com 10/100 PCI ethernet card on the PCI bus, slot 3. As far as I can tell, this device equates to "device xl0" in the configuration file for my PC. In any case, I do not have any ethernet device commented out in the configuration file... I have also added the following to the /etc/rc.conf file for the card: # added xl0 - new 3com ethernet card ifconfig_xl0="inet 144.163.49.97 media "100baseT/UTP" mediaopt "full-duplex" netmask 255.255.255.0" # original embedded interface config ifconfig_tl0="inet 144.163.49.36 media "10baseT/UTP" mediaopt "half-duplex" netmask 255.255.255.0" network_interfaces="tl0 lo0 xl0" For reference, I have edited the particular configuration file for my PC. Ran /usr/sbin/config against it. Changed directories to the appropriate compile directory to run "make depend", "make", and "make install". When I reboot the system to boot the new kernel, it does not probe for the new card, just enables the embedded (original) device and continues on it's merry way like it doesn't exist. It shouldn't be this difficult, should it? Thanks in advance, Rick Sattler rsattle@uswest.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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