Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:58:32 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Bob Wright" <bwrig@zdgt.com>, "Stefan Cars" <stefan@globalwire.se> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Double intel NIC's how ? Message-ID: <20020913120501.28F5448449@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <F28DF05657ADD211B6140008C73354C152EAE8@ZELTD1>
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:15:02 -0400, Bob Wright wrote: >> > > I have a server (TYAN) with double Intel NIC's: >> > > >> > > one Intel 82554GC >> > > and >> > > one Intel 82550 >> > > >> > > How do I add support for both ? When I boot up I see that my first one >> is >> > > found and becomes fxp0. How do I get the other one to work, it is >> found >> > > and dmesg tells me that it is inphy0 but it's not possible todo >> anything >> > > with that. >> > > >> > <snip> >> > >> > explain what you mean by its not possible to do anything with it? Im >> > guessing your having problem communicating with it because theres no IP >> > addressed to it? I experienced a similar issue with a 3com card and a >> > Dlink.. If this is the case look at /etc/rc.conf and configure your nic >> > there.. Also "man rc.conf" for help. >> > >> > >> From: Stefan Cars >> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:43 AM >> To: Bob Wright >> Cc: questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: RE: Double intel NIC's how ? >> >> What I mean is that it is not possible to do anything with ifconfig (it >> says the device does not exsists, inphy0.). Since both are Intel ? >> Shouldn't the second card come up as fxp0 ? >> Im shooting from the hip on this one, but in unix in general you can not >> have 2 devices with the same address (fxp0 in this case). If they were the >> EXACT same card they would be fxp0 and fxp1.. I think, someone correct me >> if im wrong. However it looks like you have 2 different cards from what >> you tell us. >> >> Could you please post the contents of your rc.conf, you can sub in private >> IPs for public. There may be a mis-spelling in your config or similar >> error. It will help to get another pair of eyes on your problem =) looks like to me that you will have to compile a kernel supporting two intel cards. I believe the GENERIC kernel only looks for one card, then stops. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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