Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 17:59:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> To: Tim Oneil <toneil@visigenic.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: ed net card question Message-ID: <XFMail.970513203255.joki@jocki.domestic.de> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970512081834.009b5c30@visigenic.com>
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On 12-May-97 at 15:18:35 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
>my exsisting 2.2.1 system wants to recognize as ed0. It
The fact that FreeBSD probes for an ed0 (unsuccessfully, as you say) does not
mean it has detected a ne2000 compatible card. You might also have a card that
is completely different from a ne2000! I have also got some "legacy" network
adaptors and it's always quite a drag to find out what type it is and what all
those jumpers are for. In the end it goes down to trying any probable type
(compile a kernel that knows about all network cards and switch them around by
using -c at the boot prompt). Then fiddle around with the jumpers and the
address/irq settings. This always worked for me -- after awhile :-(
>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
If you have a working configuration software that's great! It will tell you
thge type of network adaptor and you will be able to set the address/irq
setting. After that all you have to do is switch on the correct adaptor type
and address/irq and you should be up and running.
>the default irq on the card is 3, so I adjusted the sysconfig
>to reflect this, as well as removed my serial card temporarily
>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
I always use address 0x300 and irq 10. AFAIK this is not occupied by anything
else in a sane situation. Some older cards only support IRQs like 5/4/3/2. This
is bad. 4 and 3 are sio, 2 is fdc, 5 is usually lpt. So -- you will have to
disable one of those...
>give an extra set of instructions to kick it on line or something?
>
If you have the correct card type selected in the kernel the attach() routine
will do anything for you to switch it on. If your card is so legacy that there
is no driver for it, you're in trouble (or, to be more exact, into kernel
programming :-)
>
>
>-Tim
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