Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:24:02 -0500 From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: "Steven Swart" <steven@inloco.co.za> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD not recognising network card Message-ID: <p06101014bc8e0bd5f7f2@[129.85.219.160]> In-Reply-To: <009801c415aa$da8f6230$0100a8c0@steven> References: <009801c415aa$da8f6230$0100a8c0@steven>
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At 6:28 PM +0200 2004/03/29, Steven Swart wrote: >Opening the case reveals a PCI network card. On the card chip is >written 'Madge K2 RingRunner', which is the only identification I have >for this piece of hardware. > >My problem is that the FreeBSD installer does not pick up any ethernet >cards. The only network interfaces I can configure are the loopback >interface and the SLIP/PPP interfaces for the COM ports. >One line from my dmesg output that may provide a clue: >pci0: <network, token ring> at device 9.0 (no driver attached) Steven, Madge made Token Ring cards. Token Ring is an IBM-supported alternative to Ethernet. I don't know if FreeBSD supports that card at all, but if you want to use it on an Ethernet, get an Ethernet card. Chris Pepper -- Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>; Rockefeller University: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/>;
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