From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 22 9:38:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fepB.post.tele.dk (fepB.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A11537B725 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:38:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from veedub@post6.tele.dk) Received: from main ([195.249.125.1]) by fepB.post.tele.dk (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20010322173803.RQTJ18600.fepB.post.tele.dk@main> for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:38:03 +0100 Message-ID: <000801c0b2f6$f9092940$1032a8c0@main> From: "Thomas Vestergaard" To: Subject: pcmcia problems. Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:38:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0B2FF.57CAFFA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0B2FF.57CAFFA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a 333 Mhz clone laptop with a old 10 Mbit Xircom pcmcia Ethernet = card. I'm currently running Slackware 7.1 on it. With no problems at = all. I have tried FreeBsd 4.2 with some succes.. Everything works fine except = the pcmcia Ethernet card.?? First off the card manager didn't finish = configuring my card until sometime after i logged in, so networking = never found the darn thing. Only after I inserted a sleep period into = the config file - waiting for the card manager to finish, networking = seemed to configure correct. But my card never began to poll on the net, = and network reported unreachable. I am sorry that I'm unable to give a more complete error message but it = has been a couple of months since I last tried this so. I don't know if = this is a common problem with FreeBSD and laptops, or just my hardware? = (I wasn't able to find anything on it on the net ?) I am currently a fairly new student with major in networking. And I use = -or plan to use- my FreeBSD laptop to diagnose and test my upcoming = networking projects. Now I been told that FreeBSD is a server system = only. Not meant to run laptops nor network diagnosing, and that I should = stick with Linux. ??. This of course came from a Linux user 8^) If you are unable to help me with the scarce info I im able to give. I = would appreciate if you could give me a hint in the right direction or = If you know of some good news groups concerning FreeBSD/laptops please = give me a hint. =20 Or if you think that there was any chance i could get it to work. I can = install FreeBSD again to give you a better description of my problem ?? Thanks in advance. Thomas Vestergaard=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0B2FF.57CAFFA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have a 333 Mhz = clone laptop=20 with a old 10 Mbit Xircom pcmcia Ethernet card. I’m currently = running=20 Slackware 7.1 on it. With no problems at all.

I have = tried FreeBsd 4.2=20 with some succes.. Everything works fine except the pcmcia Ethernet = card.??=20 First off the card manager didn’t finish configuring my = card until sometime=20 after i logged in, so networking never found the darn thing. = Only = after I=20 inserted a sleep period into the config file – waiting for the = card manager to=20 finish, networking seemed to configure correct. But my card never began = to poll=20 on the net, and network reported unreachable.

I am sorry that = I’m unable to=20 give a more complete error message but it has been a couple of months = since I=20 last tried this so… I don’t know = if this is a=20 common problem with FreeBSD and laptops, or just my hardware? (I = wasn’t able to=20 find anything on it on the net ?)

I am currently a = fairly new=20 student with major in networking. And I use -or plan to use- my FreeBSD = laptop=20 to diagnose and test my upcoming networking projects. Now I been told = that=20 FreeBSD is a server system only. Not meant to run laptops nor network=20 diagnosing, and that I should stick with Linux. ??. This of course came = from a=20 Linux user 8^)

If you are unable to = help me=20 with the scarce info I im able to give. I would appreciate if you could = give me=20 a hint in the right direction or If you know of some good news groups = concerning=20 FreeBSD/laptops please give me a hint. =20

Or if you think that there was any = chance i could=20 get it to work. I can install FreeBSD again to give you a = better=20 description of my problem ??

Thanks in=20 advance.

Thomas=20 Vestergaard

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