Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 07:06:36 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Beginner's question - Network problem Message-ID: <20020218060636.GB3731@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020217195934.5D5DF48449@wastegate.net> References: <20020215182653.Y36782@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020217195934.5D5DF48449@wastegate.net>
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On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 03:01:31PM -0500, Doug Reynolds wrote: > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:26:53 -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > >On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:46:08AM +0100, Alain Fabry wrote: > >> It's a Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+ ISA card > > > >[snip] > > > >> ex: WARNING: board's EEPROM is configured for IRQ 0, using 5 > >> ex0: <Intel PRO/10+ or compatible adapter> at port 0x200-0x20f iomem 0xcc000-0xcffff irq 5 on isa0 > >> ex0: PnP config, 16-bit bus, board id 0xfff, stepping 0xf > >> ex0: Ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > > >Not good. Have you tried disabling PnP in your BIOS? > > if I can recall correctly, that board can be either PnP or jumperless. > download the dos program from intel, and set the board to where you > want it. PnP is great for PCI, but sucks for ISA, imho. > Slightly OT (since the advice is probably the right thing to try), but PnP *only* applies to ISA. It has no meaning when applied to PCI devices. In the archives somewhere is a technical explanation of how ISA PnP came about. > I've done this with all my isa network cards and never had a problem > with freebsd or any other OS for that matter. > > --- > doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net > > PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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