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Date:      Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:28:04 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Networking problems with 5.3-BETA6/7
Message-ID:  <xzpu0tba6nf.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <200410031812.i93IC79a000175@istari.comcast.net> (Stephen J. Roznowski's message of "Sun, 3 Oct 2004 14:12:06 -0400 (EDT)")
References:  <200410031812.i93IC79a000175@istari.comcast.net>

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"Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@comcast.net> writes:
> I'm trying to install 5.3-BETA6 onto an HP Presario SA4000Z. [AMD64
> using an nForce3 250 chipset]. I've also upgraded to RELENG_5 and the
> problem remains.
>
> The network configures as "fwe0" and appears to have the correct IP
> address, but if I attempt to ping the gateway, I get a "Host is down"
> error. I've tried using "fwip0" instead, but I get the same error.

fwe0 is the Firewire interface, not the Ethernet interface.  The
nVidia nForce3 Ethernet interface is not supported.  David O'Brien
apparently has a driver for it which he hasn't committed yet; you
could ask him for the sources.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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