Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:39:28 GMT From: PEB@amleth.demon.co.uk (Paul E. Bennett) To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: PCMCIA card Ethernet. Message-ID: <5873@amleth.demon.co.uk>
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In rc.conf I have the pccard_enable ="YES" but I am not seeing any activity from the Ethernet and Combo-card I am trying to use for my connectivity. The machine is a Dell Inspiron 3800. Is there a file where the various hardware devices and their settings are listed or configured which I can check or do I have to go back and run trhough booting from CD again? I have most of a system up and running and am enjoying KDE. However, I am keen to move my email and newsgroup access over to the new machine but until I get either of the interfaces workin that is going to be difficult. The Ethernet-only Card is a Fast Ethernet 10/100 from Aztel. Supposedly compatible with NE2000 but plugs into the PCMCIA slot. Can use a wide range of IRQ's, I/O ports and memory block allocations but Aztel do not mention the card defaults or the card's MAC address. I would be using the 56k internal (soft?) modem module if this combination would work. The Combo Card is a Silicom Ethernet/33k6 modem card which works in another laptop running DOS/Win95. I have a table of data for where the defaults were supposed to lie but the best I have obtained with this in the dell was a hung machine. The MAC address is reported as 00.00.B0.DF.50.59 for this card. Lack of information from card and system manufacturers means I am groping around a bit but this lack of information is a trend that seems to be getting more prevelent. Any clues as to where in FreeBSD I can look to resolve my configuration problems would be appreciated. What I have seen so far has me hooked here despite this minor set-back. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett ....................<email://peb@amleth.demon.co.uk> Forth based HIDECS Consultancy .....<http://www.amleth.demon.co.uk/>; Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 .........NOW AVAILABLE:- HIDECS COURSE...... Tel: +44 (0)1235-814586 .... see http://www.feabhas.com for details. Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ******************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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