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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: "shanon loveridge" <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk>,
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Subject: RE: Ethernet card problems
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:18:32 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of shanon
> loveridge
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:10 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Ethernet card problems
>
> OK people
> I have spent the last two nights trying to get this to
> work so would really appreciate it if you could help
> me out.
>
> I have a SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX

	SMC makes good hardware, their 9432TX is my weapon of choice when I need a
PCI NIC.

> I have checked and it is on the supported hardware
> list and it is listed under RealTek 8129/8139 fast
> ethernet NICs. After looking around I found that the
> driver for this is rl.

	Right so far.

> Correct me if I am wrong but it
> looks like I need to configure the NIC on the rl0
> Interface.

	Still right.

> However if I try to set it up in
> /stand/sysinstall Configure - Networking - Interfaces
> it doesn't have the option to select it.

	Okay, then there is something wrong with the setup on the card.  Have you
turned off Plug and Play in your BIOS?  Is there a diskette used to
configure the card for a specific IRQ and memory address?

	If the card is configured correctly, it should appear in /stand/sysinstall
without a problem, as long as you're running a GENERIC kernel.

device          rl              # RealTek 8129/8139

	That's the line that you would need in your kernel for it to be recognized.

> Could someone please give me an idea in how to set
> this up.

	Like I mentioned earlier, try turning off Plug and Play, configure the card
manually if possible.

--- Andy


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