Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 08:28:42 -0800 From: "Terry Thomas" <printery@blkft.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3c509 nic, kernel, resulting confusion??? Message-ID: <019701c19085$e1db99c0$0400a8c0@terry>
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It is the second card, the first is at 0x300 irq 10, which i was planning on using to connect to another box. The cable from the nic goes to a d-link switch (it's the second connection, the first is my rh box) which goes to the router, then to a motorola dds. I did get the 3c5x9cfg.exe from 3com to configure the cards and i've manually configured the nic to use rj-45 (cat 5 connection right?) in desparation i switched it to the rh cable and changed the ip of the nic and it still wouldn't ping my router?? Could this be a router problem?? My isp supposedly set it all up for me when they installed my frame??? Thanks for your help, any suggestions would be appreciated!!! Terry ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom Parquette" <Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com> >To: <printery@blkft.com> >Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 6:57 PM >Subject: Re: Re: 3c509 nic, kernel, resulting confusion??? >Terri, >I cannot comment on your 7% loss pinging localhost. >That sounds seriously out of whack to me. >Re: The 3C509-combo card: >Your demesg output looks like the card was at least partially autoconfigured to be the second card in the box. (Based on the port at 210. The >etherdisk autoconfigure will select 300 if it is the only card.) >It's also a combo card based on your demesg output. Your ifconfig -a looks ok but I have to ask, are you using the RJ-45 interface or one of >the others? I have had to manually configure the interface for 10Base-2 before. For some reason, autodetect seems to default to the RJ-45 >even if my 10Base-2 T fitting is plugged in. >Suggestions: >If this is the only LAN card in your box, get the current Etherdisk from 3Com's web site (WWW.3com.com) and allow 3c5x9cfg to automatically >configure the card. If you are using something other than the RJ-45 interface, change the interface specification from autodetect to whatever >you are using. You might want to consider specifying the interface even if autodetect appears to be guessing right. >If this is not the only LAN card in your box, let 3c5x9cfg try to configure your card but check for conflicts. When I do this, I have a hardcopy of >demsg to compare the tool's selections against. Again, watch out for the selection of the physical lan interface plug that it is coming up with. >If you have another FreeBSD box on the same wire, I'm assuming you are not using a switched hub, having a TCPDUMP going at the same >time you try to ping can give you a clue if you are making it out onto the wire. >I've had good luck with the 3Com cards at home and at work. They do have their quirks though. >Cheers... -----Original Message----- From: "Terry Thomas" <printery@blkft.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:17:10 -0800 Subject: Re: 3c509 nic, kernel, resulting confusion??? Correction: It will ping 127.0.0.1 with a 7% loss but ping takes a long time to start, pings to outside or my router come back 'send to: host is down' ----- Original Message ----- From: "printery-blkft" <printery@blkft.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 1:53 PM Subject: 3c509 nic, kernel, resulting confusion??? > I'm running 4.4 stable with a 3c509c nic, i've csvuped and went thru > buildworld, etc. with no errors and i've been trying to get it set up for > over a week now and i've not been successful. > I have a 56k frame with 16 ip#'s and a rh box connected to a cisco router > that's up and i'm trying to get my fbsd box hooked via the switch to it too > but it won't even ping 127.0.0.1 > here's what i have set so far, maybe someone can help?? > > in etc/rc.conf i've added... > ifconfig_ep0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.67" netmask="255.255.255.240" > defaultrouter="xxx.xxx.xxx.65" > > device ep0 isn't in /dev and i've tried to add it with > /dev/MAKEDEV ep0 > but it says device not present > > ifconfig -a gives me... > ep0: flags=8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet xxx.xxx.xxx.67 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.79 > inet6 fe80::260:8f:fe20:1cca%ep0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ehter 00:60:08:20:1c:ca > media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP > > netstat -rn gives me... > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 > xxx.xxx.xxx.64/28 link#1 UC 1 0 ep0 > Internet6 has these lines... > fe80::%ep0/64 link#1 UC ep0 > ff02::%ep0/32 link#1 UC ep0 > > dmesg has... > ep0: <3com 3c509-combo etherlink III at port 0x210 irq 11 on isa0 > ep0: <ethernet address 00:60:97:e1:6b:e0 > > etc/resolv.conf is... > 127.0.0.1 localhost.xxxxx.com localhost > xxx.xxx.xxx.67 ns2.xxxxx.com ns2 > xxx.xxx.xxx.67 ns2.xxxxx.com. > > etc/hosts is... > domain xxxxx.com > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.66 (my redhat dns) > nameserver xxx.xxx.xx.3 (my isp nameserver) > > > What am I doing wrong??? or What am I missing? > Needless to say, I'm new at this! I was able to setup ppp with no problem > but this ethernet/nic thing has me stumped! > > Thank You, > Terry Thomas > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Try not. Do or do not. There is no try. -- Yoda To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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