From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 13 04:43:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA16155 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 04:43:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA16148 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 04:43:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-131 [207.14.72.131]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA02920; Tue, 13 May 1997 02:39:51 -0800 Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 03:33:15 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Tim Oneil cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ed net card question In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970512081834.009b5c30@visigenic.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 May 1997, Tim Oneil wrote: > Hi guys. I have a 486 that I think I'd like to use as an > intranet web server for simple testing and I have some > kind of NEC(?) or other kind of 16 bit ether adapter that NEC - company NIC - network interface card > my exsisting 2.2.1 system wants to recognize as ed0. It NE2000 compatable (good) > times out though after the system comes up, I suppose becuase ? > it not configured, which is ok, I want to use it in the new > box anyway, and the config software is probably for dos. But you may need it to program the flash ... > the default irq on the card is 3, so I adjusted the sysconfig BAD setting - will conflict with COM2 (oh, it's jumperable?) > to reflect this, as well as removed my serial card temporarily the pc has no UARTs on board? > and it still timed out. I was wondering if there was an ideal > irq to use on the fresh 2.2.1 system? Does the dos config ware yeah, 5 or 7 - as long as you don't use your printer on one of those. > give an extra set of instructions to kick it on line or something? you should read more about this stuff. you will need to set up ARP, PPP, etc, etc. > -Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------