From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 20 4:41:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (mail-1.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A09837B5A1 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 04:41:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otterr@telocity.com) Received: from bronyaur (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA29772; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 04:40:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <002501bfaabd$7981bdf0$555be3d8@telocity.com> From: "Otter" To: "R Joseph Wright" , "Arcady Genkin" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Just got my DSL today...AARGH!! Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 07:42:14 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "R Joseph Wright" To: "Arcady Genkin" Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 2:29 AM Subject: Re: Just got my DSL today...AARGH!! > On 19 Apr 2000, Arcady Genkin wrote: > > > R Joseph Wright writes: > > > > > Okay, I just read the manual page. If there is an interrupt conflict, how > > > do I go about changing that? What commands tell me which ones are in > > > use? Is it a simple matter of changing the line in the kernel config? > > > > > > device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 > > > > Yes (and recompiling your kernel, that is). You need to set correct > > port *and* irq values. The hard thing is finding them out. > > > > Ideally, there should be a DOS based setup utility for your card, but > > IIRC you don't have any sort of drivers/docs for the card. If you went > > to the manufacturer's website, you could definitely d/l the setup > > utility from there. I have an ISA ne2000 card, if you want to give it > > a shot, I can email you the setup disk for it. > > > > You can also read Linux's Ethernet-HOWTO for help with identifying the > > card. Specifically look at sections 5 and 7. That document describes > > pretty much every card one can find, and gives links to manufacturer's > > website. > > > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html > > > > OTOH, if you had Window~1 installed on the same machine, you could use > > it as a tool to determine the card's configuration (provided the card > > is recognized by it). > > -- > > Arcady Genkin http://www.thpoon.com > > Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. > > I just spent about 2 1/2 hours in windows trying to get the card to work > using downloaded drivers. I've concluded that tomorrow I'll go buy a well > known, well supported one. Any recommendations? Preferrably cheap. > Intel Ether Express Pro 10/100 (uses the fxp driver and has been touted by many to be one of the better card/driver combinations available). By the way, the ISP's support techs did not officially give me the DHCP info. It was one of the guys that I know who does programming for them, mentioned in casual conversation. -Otter > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message