From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 7 18:02:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA10367 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 18:02:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail-atm.san.rr.com (san.rr.com [204.210.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA10271 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 18:01:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jashaw@san.rr.com) Received: from san.rr.com (dt063n5d.san.rr.com [204.210.38.93]) by mail-atm.san.rr.com (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA16969; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 18:00:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <34DD1617.5A1A3185@san.rr.com> Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 18:19:03 -0800 From: James Shaw X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet card support under FreeBSD References: <34DC34F4.7F61F9B7@san.rr.com> <19980208100215.12076@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" Here is the technical specifications excerpted from the installation guide: Standards Compliance IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX IEEE 802.3 10Base-T PCI Local Bus Specification. Ver. 2.0 Connection Interface Single J-45 connector for both 10Base-T and 100Base-TX I/O address Assigned by the BIOS to a free I/O address block IRQ Line: INT A Assigned by the BIOS to a free IRQ (interrupt) number Software Support: Noovell NetWare, Novell NetWare Lite, Novell Personal NetWare, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft LANA Manager, SCO UNIX, Artisoft LANtastic, IBM LAN Server, NDIS-and ODI-compliant operationg systems. And when I boot to FreeBSD, the initial message says: pci0:17: vendor=0x10ec, device=0x8129, class=network (ethernet) int a irq 10 [no driver assigned] So I guess FreeBSD detected the board. But how do I install the driver for the board? Also, I have cable modem right now with RoadRunner. Basically I need to run the RoadRunner Login software in Winnt to log in and start using the cable modem. My question is: Even if the ethernet card can be used under FreeBSD, can I use the cable modem without the RoadRunner Login Software? There isn't a version of the software for FreeBSD. Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sat, 7 February 1998 at 2:18:28 -0800, James Shaw wrote: > > I have a sohoware fast 10/100 auto pci fast ethernet adapter (NE > > 100TX-E). Can it be used under FreeBSD? > > Maybe. > > > It came with drivers for winnt and win95, but not FreeBSD. > > That's because FreeBSD is a complete operating system, including all > drivers. That shouldn't worry you. > > The real problem here is deciding what the board really is. The names > and numbers you quote are probably something that a marketroid dreamt > up. I'd guess that this is a clone board, so what we need to find out > is what the original board was. Failing that, the chipset > information would be of use. Take a look at > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook10.html#10 and see if anything > looks similar. You can also look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT, > which contains the following comments: > > # ar: Arnet SYNC/570i hdlc sync 2/4 port V.35/X.21 serial driver (requires sppp) > # cx: Cronyx/Sigma multiport sync/async (with Cisco or PPP framing) > # ed: Western Digital and SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 and NE2000; 3Com 3C503 > # el: 3Com 3C501 (slow!) > # ep: 3Com 3C509 (buggy) > # fe: Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A Ethernet > # ie: AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; 3Com 3C507; unknown NI5210; Intel EtherExpress > # le: Digital Equipment EtherWorks 2 and EtherWorks 3 (DEPCA, DE100, > # DE101, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE203, DE204, DE205, DE422) > # lnc: Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL) > # sr: RISCom/N2 hdlc sync 1/2 port V.35/X.21 serial driver (requires sppp) > # wl: Lucent Wavelan (ISA card only). > # ze: IBM/National Semiconductor PCMCIA ethernet controller. > # zp: 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III (It does not require shared memory for > # send/receive operation, but it needs 'iomem' to read/write the > # attribute memory) > > If you have FreeBSD up and running, you could put the board in the > machine and see if the system recognizes it. If you do this, make > sure the board is set to its default values. > > If you still can't make anything out of it, tell us what's written on > the larger chips. > > Greg -- James Shaw 3rd Year Computer Engineering Student at University of California, San Diego To Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions"