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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:18:03 -0000
From:      "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com>
To:        "Kenny, Gavin (Space)" <KennyGA@logica.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problems with a 2nd NIC
Message-ID:  <017901c08af1$5e141620$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local>
References:  <ABDA876D71F9D211B39D0090274EA8E203A3062C@Floyd.logica.co.uk>

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Hi

First of all, although both your NICS work under another OS, there is no =
guarantee they will work under FreeBSD.  Make sure you hard code =
different IRQ's and Base IO addresses to the cards.

If you have two NIC's you need to make sure that the cards are both =
plugged in to different networks.  Look in /etc/rc.conf and copy the =
line for the first NIC and edit it for the second nic.  Make sure you =
only have one Default route, otherwise you will confuse IP completely.

Gordon
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Kenny, Gavin (Space)=20
  To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'=20
  Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 2:23 PM
  Subject: Problems with a 2nd NIC


  This is my first post, so sorry if the answer is "Obvious", but I have =
gone though the manual and most of the online resources I can find, =
including the archives of this list and still my problem persists.

  I am trying to install a 2nd NIC in my FreeBSD machine. It is a 3Com =
card on isa and comes up as ep1. Everything seems to be detected fine on =
boot. It is listed by ifconfig -a and I have been able to assign it an =
IP number. However it won't ping! The original card (same make, comes up =
as ep0) pings quite happily, but the new card just sits there and then I =
get "The Host is Down" messages.

  I know the card is operational as it works fine on its own in another =
machine. What is going wrong?=20

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>First of all, although both your NICS =
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nic.&nbsp; Make=20
sure you only have one Default route, otherwise you will confuse IP=20
completely.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gordon</FONT></DIV>
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  <A title=3DKennyGA@logica.com =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 30, 2001 =
2:23=20
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Problems with a 2nd =
NIC</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D578371214-30012001>This =
is my first=20
  post, so sorry if the answer is "Obvious", but I have gone though the =
manual=20
  and most of the online resources I can find, including the archives of =
this=20
  list and still my problem persists.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D578371214-30012001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D578371214-30012001>I am =
trying to=20
  install a 2nd NIC in my FreeBSD machine. It is a 3Com card on isa and =
comes up=20
  as ep1. Everything seems to be detected fine on boot. It is listed by =
ifconfig=20
  -a and I have been able to assign it an IP number. However it won't =
ping! The=20
  original card (same make, comes up as ep0) pings quite happily, but =
the new=20
  card just sits there and then I get "The Host is Down"=20
  messages.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D578371214-30012001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D578371214-30012001>I =
know the card is=20
  operational as it works fine on its own in another machine. =
What&nbsp;is going=20
  wrong? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D578371214-30012001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D578371214-30012001>Any =
help would be=20
  greatly appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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