Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:54:46 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Michael Aucoin <maucoin01@mediaone.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Different Device Names for Identical NICs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103161153120.82890-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <3AB37340.3B420914@mediaone.net>
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> Thanks very much for all the input. I thought I would give you an > update. I was able to use both (3c509) NICs together after I rebuilt > the kernel with ep1 (thanks, Rick). However, I was initially blocked by > the NICs having the same IO address and IRQ. I reconfigured one of them > (using the 3COM-supplied DOS utility) and all is well now. I have been > brain dead about this whole thing, but I did not at first realize I > would have to reconfigure the NIC. Is this usual? Apparently not anymore... you can used just ep and it'll use both cards, at least that's what I gather. :) I haven't a way to test it for sure - whenever I have to put in dual cards I make them different brands so that I can differentiate between the two better when setting things up. :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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