Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 14:19:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> To: bill fiore <dollarbilfjr@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3com nic card not recognized Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005031417320.48191-100000@home.offwhite.net> In-Reply-To: <20000503191141.28804.qmail@web702.mail.yahoo.com>
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Try rebooting and when you get to the boot prompt, stop it and run this... > boot -c That will let you set up the hardware configuration. Make sure your NIC card is turned on, as it could be disabled. Use the visual interface as that is the easiest to find the information you need. Disable all of ther other NIC cards so you are not confusing things. Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com fortune: While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both of his. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" On Wed, 3 May 2000, bill fiore wrote: > freebsd 2.2.1 3com etherlink III card > > not recognized on boot? should it be ep0 ??? > > nic card works w/ win98 > > rc.config is empty ? > > ifconfig -a does not show nic card > > /dev/bpf0 exists > > a manual entry (entered on command line) > > ifconfig ep0 alias xx.xx.xx netmask 255.255.255.255 > > responds w/ no such device > > n.b. the card has 3 connectors AUI BNC RJ45 > RJ45 is in use....connected to a cable modem > which does DHCP. > > there are no jumpers on the nic card. > > > ===== > William F. Fiore Jr. ($bilfjr) <<<<< N.B. new address > 88 harris av > cranston, R.I. 02910 USA > 401-946-5703 USA EST (voice/vmail) > 1-877-789-1992 USA (vmail/fax - toll free) > dollarbilfjr@yahoo.com > www.geocities.com/dollarbilfjr/dollarbilfjr.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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