Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 08:17:38 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: koshy@india.hp.com (A JOSEPH KOSHY) Cc: smraj@hotmail.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem in connecting a machine in network Message-ID: <199701200717.IAA15652@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199701200649.AA171312959@fakir.india.hp.com> from A JOSEPH KOSHY at "Jan 20, 97 11:49:18 am"
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> >>>> ""malarraj malarraj"" <smraj@hotmail.com> writes
>
> > "ed0 at 0x300-0x31f irq 5 on isa
> > ed0:address 00:80:29:67:43:ec type NE2000 (16 bit)
>
> > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface
> > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface
>
> Check your /etc/sysconfig to see which interface is trying to be ifconfig'ed?
> It should be "ed0" judging from your message above.
>
> > If we execute
> > "ifconfig ed0 202.229.220.229 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > (because we didn't include it in /etc/rc file)
> > we get
> >
> > "Jan 20 11:16:12 apt /kernal: ed0: device time out"
>
> > If we ping to any other machine we are getting same "device timeout"
> > error thrice and after that "Host is Down" message is coming.
>
> Looks like the kernel isn't getting the IRQ.
>
> > There is no I/O conflicts or IRQ conflicts.We have checked it
> > while booting (boot -c "visual" option shows there is no conflicts)
>
> (a) Check if the card IRQ matches with what the kernel thinks the IRQ is?
> If I remember right, the probe just looks for the card at the configured
> IRQ address by reading and writing device memory. Send or recieving a
^^^
i/o (port) address (I'm sure you meant that).
> packet uses the interrupt which isn't checked at probe time.
>
> If necessary, run your DOS tools to see the IRQ the card is actually
> configured for. What is printed at startup time is the kernels idea of
> the IRQ, not the cards actual configuration.
>
> Note that this is different from there being any `conflict' of IRQ's
> assigned.
>
> (b) I've seen problems with older NE2K cards on the newer P5 motherboards.
> Does your card work in the same machine from under DOS? Sometimes
> fiddling with the motherboard settings (io wait states) etc may help.
>
> Koshy
> <koshy@india.hp.com> My Personal Opinions Only
>
--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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