From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 14 16:57:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA05508 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:57:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sodium.network-alchemy.com (Sodium.Network-Alchemy.COM [199.46.17.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA05503 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:57:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from key@Network-Alchemy.COM) Received: from sodium.network-alchemy.com (localhost.network-alchemy.com [127.0.0.1]) by sodium.network-alchemy.com (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23360; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:56:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from key@network-alchemy.com) Message-Id: <199807142356.QAA23360@sodium.network-alchemy.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Steve Sizemore From: Ken Key Subject: Re: 3Com 3C589 Ethernet PC Card In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 14 Jul 1998 15:53:38 -0700. <199807142253.PAA27068@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:56:44 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If your running v2.2.6 (straight, PCCARD, no PAO), you might try editing your /etc/pccard.conf entry to use IRQ 11 instead of IRQ 10. We could not get the 3c589D working on IRQ 10 on a pair of DEC Ultra HiNote 2000's the other day, always winning the nebulous "resource allocation failure". Kurt Windisch was have the same problem and came up with the IRQ change. Also, don't use those IRQ's to stir the entropy pool, like one of my users had done. That one was tough to find... Also, you might want to hang out on FreeBSD-Mobile. I'd say that most of the main cast of characters there use 3c589D's. I'm happy with my trusty, slow, 4-year old LinkSys and the ed driver. It's survived 3 laptops and 5 OS's so far, knock on wood. regards, Ken Key -- Ken Key (key@Network-Alchemy.com) Network Alchemy, Santa Cruz, CA > I have to disagree, here. It seems that problems with the 3c589 are > not at all uncommon. I have had no success with the 3c589d in my > Extensa laptop, and no response from my previous mail to this list. > > After monitoring this list for a couple of months, it looks like all > the mail regarding 3c589d boils down to two categories - 1) It > doesn't work for me, or 2) I don't understand, it works fine for me. > There are no hints on how to get it working - apparently either it > just works or it just doesn't. > > I even opened a bug report with freebsd support, and the response was > "Yes, our 3com support sucks." > > I really like free bsd, and (other than the lack of a working network > connection) the Extensa seems to be a fine machine, but I'm getting > very frustrated from not being able to connect to my network. > > Like Gary, I'd also like a recommendation for a combination > modem/ethernet PCMCIA card (apparently PAO support for these is > planned), but I'd settle for just an ethernet card that works, > hopefully one that is known to work on an Extensa. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message