Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:27:05 +0200 From: Olaf Hoyer <inferno@nightfire.de> To: DRHAGER@de.ibm.com Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adapter problem Message-ID: <39662F09.A6A8182A@nightfire.de> References: <C1256915.002A7260.00@d12mta01.de.ibm.com>
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DRHAGER@de.ibm.com schrieb: > > Hi, > I got recently some old ISA/PCI motherboards (UM8810P) and 486-DX CPUs. > > I took some cheap NE2000 clone for PCI (RealTek 8029). Those worked ok > for me sofar... > I installed fbsd 3.1 Stable. > > Now, on booting the card comes up alright: > > ... > ed1: <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (RealTek 8029)> rev 0x00 int a irq 12 on > pci0.13.0 > ed1: adress 00:40:05:6c:9d:84, type NE2000 16bit > ... > > With ifconfig I see the card also. Everyting is connected fine. > Now, if I try a ping, I get in the syslog: > ed1: Device Timeout > > Can I do something? Or do I have to buy better cards? > (A 3Com works well...) > Hi! Does the 3Com also hooks up to IRQ 12? Lots of old 486 mobo do not free the IRQ 12 even if no PS/2 mouse is present and switched off in BIOS. Also lots of the "el cheapo" clone cards are low mechanical quality... Regards Olaf Hoyer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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