Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 17:40:03 -0700 From: "freebsd" <george@vagner.com> To: "Alex" <akruijff@dds.nl>, "shancecgol S Yorgen" <shancecgol@edsamail.com.ph> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how to configure 2 lancards... Message-ID: <00bd01c1ad14$8522dc10$0400a8c0@thunderbird> References: <20020203132540.854C237B402@hub.freebsd.org> <6635714765.20020203234429@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
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on another note, the 3c509 etherlink III is set for IRQ and addresses with a "DOS" program and must use different irq for each card. If they are set the same I believe you will have a big problem with the irq's conflicting. just my $.02 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex" <FreeBSD@cybertron.tmfweb.nl> To: "shancecgol S Yorgen" <shancecgol@edsamail.com.ph> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 3:44 PM Subject: Re: how to configure 2 lancards... > Hello shancecgol, > > Sunday, February 03, 2002, 2:34:46 PM, you wrote: > > sSY> I setup my freebsd yeterday w/ 1 ISA 3com 3c509 lan card, when i did an ifconfig i saw that the device name "ep0" was there w/ my assigned ip_address. No, problem there, but now i want this box > sSY> to act as a gateway, so i installed a new lan card, still the same, an ISA 3com 3c509. I booted my system and i cant directly configure my 2nd nic through > > sSY> "ifconfig ep1 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0... up", > sSY> now i went to recompile my kernel and search of the nic, and saw an entry...: > > sSY> #ISA ETHERNET NICs. > sSY> device ep > > sSY> im not sure how to configure the kernel to detect my 2nd lancard, should put.. > > sSY> #ISA ETHERNET NICs. > sSY> device ep0 > sSY> device ep1 at isa? port 0x300 irq 9 > > sSY> ... is this right? or should i just leave it to the default "device ep", and it would detect my 2 lancard... if not, then what should i put in the kernel, what else do i need to configure to > sSY> make this work... > > sSY> thanx in advance!!! > > Im not 100% sure about this. I think the 'device ep' in your kernel > files says compile the code for all NIC of type ep. > > I would try to setup the second card at the rc.conf. Reboot and see if > you can use it. Ifconfig only set up your NIC up for the session. As > soon as you reboot its gone. > > > -- > Best regards, > Alex > > > 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
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