Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:01:30 -0400 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: network down after install Message-ID: <20010405140130.E1396@iib005.inti.gov.ar>
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Hi
I have just installed FreeBSD for the first time and I have problems with the
network connection.
Details:
FreeBSD-4.2 from December 2000 on a Pentium II, 300 MHz
Ethernet card is a PCI Realtek 8029 (NE2000).
The machine boots OK, but network is down. Inspecting the dmesg output I've
found several lines with "No such device" errors, like the following:
config> en ed0
No such device: ed0
Invalid command or syntax. Type '?' for help.
config> po ed0 0x280
No such device: ed0
Invalid command or syntax. Type '?' for help.
..
somewhere later the following line appeared (which i guess is from my ethernet
card):
pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x10ec, dev=0x8029) at 14.0 irq 11
The output of ifconfig -a is:
faith0: flags=8000<MULTICAST> mtu 1500
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
After this initial failure I tried building a custom kernel, and after reading
HARDWARE.TXT I added the following line:
device ed
which is supposed to implement the driver for all NICs that emulate the NE2000.
I also removed other devices (after reading section 7 of the Handbook they
appeared to be redundant and useless).
Now the dmesg output shows:
ed0: <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (RealTek 8029)> irq 11 at device 14.0 on pci0
device_probe_and_attach: ed0 attach returned 2
Still ifconfig -a shows the same old devices (no ed0) and the network is down.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks, Fernan
PS: I know the hardare and network are OK, because everything worked without
problems before FreeBSD.
--
Fernan Aguero
Bioinformatics
IIB-UNSAM
fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar
ICQ 100325972
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