Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:40:09 +0100 From: Holger Bauer <timewax@web.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install LinxPROEthernet Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020207173403.00a60a50@217.72.192.134> In-Reply-To: <20020205135306.GE1349@raggedclown.net> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020205132310.00a0a7f0@217.72.192.134> <5.1.0.14.0.20020205132310.00a0a7f0@217.72.192.134>
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At 14:53 05.02.02 +0100, you wrote: >On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 01:31:13PM +0100, Holger Bauer wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > i am quite new to FreeBSD. I am trying to setup my NIC on FreeBSD 4.4 for > > some days without success. It's a LinxPROEthernet-card with a Realtek8139 > > chip. So i thought the rl-driver might do it's job. But unfortunately it > > doesn't. :( > > At systemstartup my card is recognized but not configured. > > dmesg-output for NIC: > > rl0: <RealTek 8129 10/100BaseTX> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem > > 0xcfffdf00-0xcfffdfff irq 3 at device 11.0 on pci0 > > rl0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >-------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >That is the problem, every NIC (supposedly) has a unique hardware >address, this is not a valid one. >FreeBSD supports the Realtek chip just fine. >You may have a duff card (try it in another machine). >Or, and this is a long-shot, but it happened to me that I had >Windows and FreeBSD dual booting from a system once, and if I soft >re-booted from Windows to FreeBSD, exactly this happened. Power cycling >cured it. Something was not being reset properly. > >Or try another slot in the machine. > >-- >Regards >Cliff Thx for all help so long. Yes i dualboot freeBSD on a windowsmachine, so i tried your tip. Inserted NIC in all PCISlots. I also dont have any isaslots on my board. And the card just works fine under windows. Maybe i am just a bit naive, but cant i fake vendorID? Or tell BSD to ignore it? Is there a possibility that my card isn't supported at all, although its got a realtekchip on it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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