From owner-freebsd-net Fri Jul 7 12:29:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from post.webmailer.de (natmail2.webmailer.de [192.67.198.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD6D37BE0F for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:29:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from inferno@nightfire.de) Received: from nightfire.de (hmbdi7-212-144-176-101.arcor-ip.net [212.144.176.101]) by post.webmailer.de (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA11958; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 21:29:23 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <39662F09.A6A8182A@nightfire.de> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:27:05 +0200 From: Olaf Hoyer Reply-To: ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [de]C-CCK-MCD QXW0322q (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: de,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DRHAGER@de.ibm.com Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adapter problem References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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: 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