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Subject: RE: Ethernet card problems
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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
>  

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