Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 22:50:42 -0600 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com>, "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network Card Troubleshooting (was How To Configure 2nd NIC?) Message-ID: <02a701c04ad1$c857ee40$0200000a@vladsempire.net> References: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF703@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com> To: "'Josh Paetzel'" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>; "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: RE: Network Card Troubleshooting (was How To Configure 2nd NIC?) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Josh Paetzel [mailto:jpaetzel@hutchtel.net] > > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:23 PM > > To: Drew Tomlinson; FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) > > Subject: Re: Network Card Troubleshooting (was How To Configure 2nd > > NIC?) > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com> > > To: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:48 PM > > Subject: Network Card Troubleshooting (was How To Configure 2nd NIC?) > > > > > > > I installed a 2nd NIC, added an entry for it in my kernel > > config file, > > > recompiled, and added appropriate entries (AFAIK) in rc.conf. Upon > > reboot, > > > FBSD detects both cards and sets them up but only the > > original responds to > > > ping. I get the following messages at restart: > > > > > > [snip] > > > ed0 at port 0x240-0x25f iomem 0xd8000 irq 9 drq 0 on isa0 > > > ed0: address 00:40:05:66:b2:55, type NE2000 (16 bit) > > > ed1 at port 0x260-0x27f iomem 0xd8000 irq 11 on isa0 > > > ed1: address 00:40:05:66:b2:52, type NE2000 (16 bit) > > > > > Your problem is here....both the cards are using the same > > iomem address. > > You need to change one of them so they do not have this conflict. > > OK, thanks. Do I just pick a number or is there something that you would > suggest? What are my choices? And for future reference, where would I look > for this information? > > Thanks again! > You should have some sort of set up utility on the driver disks for the card...that will give you the range of choices that you have. There isn't really a method for choosing them, just use the next one on the list and see what happens. I don't know exactly what kind of card you have, but if it is older it might have jumpers on the card to set the iomem addressing instead of a software utility. Plug and Play has kind of removed us from the joys of configuring hardware, but most cards require one or more irqs, a range of port addresses, and a range of iomem addresses...anytime you are installing two of the exact same card you can run into these issues, but different cards can also conflict with each other as well.....back in about 1982 I remember I has a frobozz fribulator that could use only irq 4, and that's the same irq that my time/date card just had to use as well....neither one of them could be changed, so one of them had to go. As I like to say, I can handle not knowing the time or date, but if my computer can't fribulate, what's the point of life? Josh > Drew > > > Josh > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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