From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 25 17:54:19 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id RAA12223 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:54:19 -0700 Received: from simon.chi.il.us (simon.chi.il.us [199.245.227.17]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id RAA12217 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:54:16 -0700 Received: by simon.chi.il.us (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0sm9Tu-0006IIC; Fri, 25 Aug 95 19:52 CDT Message-Id: Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 19:52 CDT From: steve@simon.chi.il.us (Steven E. Piette) To: questions@freebsd.org, rogerp@xnet.com Subject: Re: SMC EtherEZ Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > X-Sender: rogerp@quake.xnet.com > Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 18:49:56 -0500 > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > From: rogerp@xnet.com (Roger Plichta) > Subject: SMC EtherEZ > > Sorry 'bout this mail, thanks for the help. > > I've a SMC EtherEZ isa 10baseT card installed in my Pentium. I > attempted to configure the card using the SMC 8216 protocols (ed) driver, > but when I finish the network configuration I get a message telling me that > the interface can not be configured, error. My question is: does FreeBSD > support the EtherEZ card which supposedly emulates (???) the 8216 in > certain instances? > > Thanks , > > Roger Plichta | (708) 980-6188 > 494 Conway Bay | > Roselle, IL 60172-1206 You don't say which version of FreeBSD your running, but for 2.0.5 and later you must disable plug and play and set the card to 280h IRQ 5 mem 0xd800. Contact me if your running pre 2.0.5. Steve Piette Applied Computer Technology steve@simon.chi.il.US. 7N852 Phar Lap Drive (708) 513-6920 St. Charles, IL 60175-6868 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By sending unsolicited commercially-oriented e-mail to this address, the sender agrees to pay a $100 flat fee to the recipient for proofreading services.