From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 06:10:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6E116A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:10:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail5.dslextreme.com (mail5.dslextreme.com [66.51.199.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CF8043D53 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:10:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephenk@stephenk.com) Received: (qmail 29856 invoked from network); 25 Sep 2004 06:10:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO adsl-66-218-39-226.dslextreme.com) (66.218.39.226) by 192.168.8.93 with (EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted) SMTP; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:10:46 +0000 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 23:10:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Krauth X-X-Sender: stephenk@beelzebub.inside To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040924230437.H55255@beelzebub.inside> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by AMaViS 0.2.1 (http://amavis.org/) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 5.2.1-RELEASE ethernet troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:10:48 -0000 On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Krauth [mailto:stephenk@stephenk.com] > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:20 PM > > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: RE: 5.2.1-RELEASE ethernet troubles > > > > > > > I would have tried that but the PnP config on my BIOS won't let me. > > It only lets you reserve IRQs 3-15 (skipping a few) and these cards > > consistently show up on IRQ 17. > > > > I've run across that too, idiot bios code writers. > > Your only option is a fully pnp-aware card. The ne2000's generally > wern't. If you must use ISA, a 3com 3c509b set into pnp mode with > the dos configuration program would probably work. But your probably > better off with a pci card. > > If the intel/pro isn't an option then try a cheapie Realtek 8029-based > job (ne2000 clone) and see what happens. You can often find these in > junk bins and such. If you want to wait for one I probably have one or > two around here. > > Ted Thanks for the offer, but I'm sure I'll get it working one way or another. Plus, I only tried the ne2000 card out of desperation; I'd like to have at least 100Mbs between my two machines. I'll tell how it goes when I get some time to work on it again. - Steve K