From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 1 23:52:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02424 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:52:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA02411 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:52:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id IAA22640; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:52:08 +0200 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA09336; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:40:44 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19970602084038.EZ54150@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:40:38 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: mango@staff.communique.net (Raul Zighelboim) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.2-Release and SMC/3com PCI cards.... References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.60_p2-3,5,8-9 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: ; from Raul Zighelboim on Jun 1, 1997 20:48:05 -0500 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (redirected to -questions) As Raul Zighelboim wrote: > I attempted to upgrade my server to 2.2.2 from 2.1.7 last night. > The install floppy identified both my SMC and 3C595 PCI Ethernet cards, > but was unable to use either one; it would time out when trying to > contact the DNS server. You should be more specific about your setup. Many people (including me) use these cards. SMC is a fairly weak term: it can be anything between a WD8003 and a 100 Mbit/s card using the DEC chipset. Make sure you've got the correct medium selected. When in doubt, don't use autoselect, but use the DOS program accompanying the card, and force it to use BNC or UTP or whatever. Also, watch the boot messages. The drivers usually tell you what they think they have found. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)