From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 30 11:19:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gdmckee.local (gdm.demon.co.uk [193.237.88.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50E837B6D5 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:19:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (helo=p300) by gdmckee.local with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14NgIG-0000HP-00; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:18:20 +0000 Message-ID: <017901c08af1$5e141620$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local> From: "G D McKee" To: "Kenny, Gavin (Space)" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" References: Subject: Re: Problems with a 2nd NIC Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:18:03 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0176_01C08AF1.5E04D3E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0176_01C08AF1.5E04D3E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. ------=_NextPart_000_0176_01C08AF1.5E04D3E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi
 
First of all, although both your NICS = work under=20 another OS, there is no guarantee they will work under FreeBSD.  = Make sure=20 you hard code different IRQ's and Base IO addresses to the=20 cards.
 
If you have two NIC's you need to make = sure that=20 the cards are both plugged in to different networks.  Look in = /etc/rc.conf=20 and copy the line for the first NIC and edit it for the second = nic.  Make=20 sure you only have one Default route, otherwise you will confuse IP=20 completely.
 
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Kenny, Gavin=20 (Space)
To: 'freebsd-questions@freebs= d.org'=20
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 = 2:23=20 PM
Subject: Problems with a 2nd = NIC

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.
 
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.
 
I = know the card is=20 operational as it works fine on its own in another machine. = What is going=20 wrong?
 
Any = help would be=20 greatly appreciated.
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