Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 00:09:26 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?shanon=20loveridge?= <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Ethernet card problems Message-ID: <20011114000926.16783.qmail@web14308.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <006101c16c80$5dab36c0$6600000a@ach.domain>
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Thanks everyone it turned out I just needed to turn off plug and play OS in my BIOS. Shanon --- "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > -----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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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