Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:02:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello from Mark Filipak Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204171559010.18804-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <3CBDC24D.3AF5B005@earthlink.net>
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On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Mark Filipak wrote: > Hello All! > > This is an introduction and a ping. > > I live in Mansfield, Ohio, USA, and have some very specific problems and questions. The first should probably be whether this is the right list for me.... so.... > > I just installed GallantWEB. It is a pre-configured version of FreeBSD 3.3 that acts as a gateway/firewall/server. It is up and running but doesn't recognize my D-Link DFE-530TX+ ethernet cards. > > What I have to work with > ======================== > I have the full FreeBSD 3.3 distribution (6 discs) from Walnut Creek. > > I have C source code and makefile for the D-Link DFE-530TX+ ethernet > card. It was written for Linux. The name of the driver source code is > Rtl8139.C. > > I have Greg Lehey's book: "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I also have the full FreeBSD 4.0 distribution (4 discs) from Walnut > Creek, but I don't want to tackle that right now and would like to get > 3.3 fully functional first. The DFE-530TX+ driver was first supported in FreeBSD 4.4. You'll inflict the least amount of pain if you just get a copy of FreeBSD 4.4 or 4.5. You might be able to backfit this driver to FreeBSD 4.0 -- I've successfully done it for 4.2 and 4.3. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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