From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Dec 28 11:32:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from web14404.mail.yahoo.com (web14404.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8BCBA37B41B for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:32:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20011228193209.84759.qmail@web14404.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.129.137.39] by web14404.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:32:09 PST Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:32:09 -0800 (PST) From: AlCapone Subject: Re: adding freebsd box to home LAN To: dgkerr@juno.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20011228.092543.1292.0.dgkerr@juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello there, I have tried to use two disks from 3com. I statred phpdsabl.bat from floppy2 (actually I burned them on cd) and got this: blah blah The PNP mode has been turned off. blah blah program starts again !!!ERROR!!! The configuration parameter specifies is onl available for 3c509b NICs in ISA mode. The 3c5x9 NIC, NIC number 1, failed to configure. Plug 'n Play mode is disabled. Power cycle the computer to have the change take effect. blah blah clsoe the window if you're on win95 Now, that does not look too good, so I thought I'd put this in letter. >Posted by George >Manually set the NIC, and the IRQ. I have not been > successful on two or > three of these until Plug and Play is disabled. That made me little confused: where am I supposed to get irq's from to set? And, George, what did you mean that you "have not been successful on two or three.." of what? NIC's? One more thing, if I do get IRQ's somehow, could anyone please explain me where to set them in freebsd? cheers, AlCapone ----------------------------------------------------- What is difficult takes time, what is impossible takes a little longer. --- dgkerr@juno.com wrote: > Hi All, > > I do not qualify as an expert by any means, but... > > In my limited experience with a 3com 3c509 NIC and > FreeBSD, you need to > get the dos disk, boot in dos and disable plug an > play on this NIC. > Manually set the NIC, and the IRQ. I have not been > successful on two or > three of these until Plug and Play is disabled. > > Also, what is bandwidth on the rest of your LAN? Is > it 100baseT? You > may have issues with a 10baseT and 100baseT on the > same network. > > Regards, > George > > > > On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:35:24 -0500 "AlCapone" > > writes: > > Good Morning Gentlemen, > > I want to clarify few things: first of all, > besides my gateway > > (winxp, > > 192.168.0.1 && 12.34.56.78) and frebsd box > (192.168.0.3) I have > > another pc > > (win98se 192.168.0.2) which is using winxp as it's > gateway, so winxp > > is > > configured properly to allow sharing, so gateway > problem are out of > > the way. > > I do want to point out though, that ifconfig -m > ep0 gives me this > > (ep0 my > > 3com 3c509 nic with 2 physical exits, coax and > tp): > > > > ifcoinfig -m ep0 (ep0 my network, 3com 3c509) > > ep0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > > inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast > 192.168.0.255 > > inet6 fe80::220:afff:fe58:e700%ep0 prefixlen 64 > scopeid 0x1 > > ether 00:20:af:58:a7:00 > > media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP > > > > supported media: > > media 10baseT/UTP > > media 10base5/AUI > > > > I have heard that there should be line 'status' > right by 'media' and > > I am > > missing it. What are you opinions on missing > 'status', how do I > > bring it up? > > On www.freebsddiary.org forums, Daniel Schrock, > asked me to post my > > ifconfig -i and ifconfig -r results. I am not sure > if they are of > > any use to > > find the problem, but just to be on the safe side > here they're: > > > > netstat -i > > > > Name Mtu Network Address IpktsIerrsOpkrtsOerrs > > ep0 1500 00:20:af:58:e7:00 1664 0 184 183 > > ep 1500 192.168.0 gangster 491 - 183 - > > ep 1500 fe80:1::220 fe80:1::220:afff: 0 - 0 - > > lp* 1500 0 0 0 0 > > lo 16384 10 0 10 0 > > lo 16384 ::1 ::1 0 - 0 - > > lo 16384 fe80:3::1 fe80:3:1 0 - 0 - > > lo 16384 127 localhost 4 - 4 - > > ooo* 1500 0 0 0 0 > > sl0* 552 0 0 0 0 > > faith 1500 0 0 0 0 > > (last column - Coll - did not fit, but its exactly > like last on in > > here - > > oerrs) > > > > netstat -r > > > > Routing tables > > > > Internet: > > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire > > default 1337g UGSc 0 0 ep0 > > localhost localhost UH 0 4 lo0 > > 192.168.0 link#1 UC 2 0 ep0 > > 1337g 0:50:ba:53:ef:a5 UHLW 2 187 ep0 942 > > gangster 0:20:af:58:e7:0 UHLW 0 6 lo0 > > > > Internet6: > > Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire > > :: ::1 UGRSc lo0 > > ::1 ::1 UH lo0 > > ::ffff:0.0.0.0 ::1 UGRSc lo0 > > fe80:: ::1 UGRSc lo0 > > fe80::%ep0 link#1 UC ep0 > > fe80::220:afff:fe5 0:20:af:58:e7:0 UHL lo0 > > fe80::%lo0 fe80::1%lo0 Uc lo0 > > fe80::1%lo0 link#3 UHL lo0 > > ff01:: ::1 U lo0 > > ff02:: ::1 UGRSc lo0 > > ff02::%ep0 link#1 UC ep0 > > ff02LL%lo0 ::1 UC lo0 > > > > Again, there are my boxes in lan > > > > winxp-> 1337g -> 192.168.0.1 -> winxp gateway for > freebsd > > win98se -> eugene -> 192.168.0.2 -> doesnt appear > here, another lan > > box > > freebsd 4.4 -> gangster -> 192.168.0.3 -> freebsd > box itself > > > > XP - 2 NICs 12.34.56.78 and 192.168.0.1 > > 98 - 1 NIC 192.168.0.2 > > BSD - 1 NIC 192.168.0.3 > > > > Cable modem --- straight (no cross) ----> > 12.34.56.78 > > 192.168.0.1 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink > port) > > 192.168.0.2 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink > port) > > 192.168.0.3 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink > port) > > > > > > Bottom line: on other 2 forums, final reply was - > "throw your junky > > nic away > > and buy something better, nowadays nobody uses > 10baseT or exchange > > it with > > your win98". Might be a good idea to take my dlink > from win98 and > > switch > > with freebsd's 3com, yet I hope there is something > I could do, > > becuase some > > time ago when I was using slackware for few weeks > I had had the > > same > > problem - loops back but doesn't work, and I did > fix it somehow - > > too bad > > dont remember how exactly... > > Thanks for any help, guys, I appreciate that! > > > > cheers, > > AlCapone > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > What is difficult take time, what is impossible > takes a little > > longer > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Annelise Anderson" > > > To: "Scott Corey" > > Cc: "AlCapone" ; > > > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:14 AM > > Subject: Re: adding freebsd box to home lan > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Scott Corey wrote: > > > > > > > You need to add the other boxes in /etc/hosts > file on your > > FreeBSD box. > > > > However, It would be much better to use the > FreeBSD box as a > > gateway and > > > > let the window boxes just be desktops, since > that is about all > > they are > > > > good for. In the long run you will find that > your FreeBSD box a > > much > > > > better gateway. > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > AlCapone wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Okie, I have just installed freebsd on one > of my boxes > > > > > and I would like to add it to my home lan. I > have read > > > > > handbook part about networking and it seems > that my > > > > > configuration is fine. > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > Definitely the FreeBSD box as the gateway is > "better,", but > > > if you need to run Windows as the Internet > connection, the > > > FreeBSD machine can get there through it--with a > default > > > route of the internal interface on the Windows > gateway. > > > However, you have to use either Windows > connection sharing > > > (which may assign your other machines an IP > address) or > > > you need a Windows program like Sygate (which is > what I've > > > used) that basically does network address > transalation > > > (and will also forward ports and the like, as > well as > > > act as a DHCP server) on the Windows gateway. > > > > > > Annelise > > > > > > -- > > > Annelise Anderson > > > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating > System for Your PC > > > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com > > > Book Website: > http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of > the message > > > > > George Kerr > Web-Pilot > www.milehirc.com > dgkerr@juno.com > web-pilot@attbi.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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