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Date:      Sun, 18 Dec 1994 16:12:36 -0800 (PST)
From:      gibbs@uclink.berkeley.edu (Justin Theodore Gibbs)
To:        wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl (Marc van Kempen)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with 2.0 and 3c579
Message-ID:  <199412190012.QAA13194@uclink.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199412182149.VAA12787@asterix.urc.tue.nl> from "Marc van Kempen" at Dec 18, 94 10:49:52 pm

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 on a Pentium with a 3c579 network card 
> for a local company here.
> The card is recognized allright when I change the port from 0x300 to 0x1000.
> 
> However, after doing an ifconfig as follows:
> 
> ifconfig ep0 100.100.100.20 netmask 0xff000000 	    (It's a local network)
> 
> I can't do anything with the network. Ping, telnet, mount and nfs don't do 
> anything, however 'ifconfig ep0' reports the interface is up.
> 
> 
> Are there any known problems with the 3c579 and fbsd 2.0, or am I doing 
> something wrong networkwise?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Marc van Kempen.
> 

If you are using a 10base-T or Thicknet based network, you must specifiy
"link2" in the ifconfig line.

--
Justin



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