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Date:      Thu, 20 May 1999 21:55:24 -0700
From:      "george vagner" <kf7nn1@cybertrails.com>
To:        <cjclark@home.com>
Cc:        <N8uReStorm@aol.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Question about Intel Networking Card
Message-ID:  <001301bea346$23388f20$0300a8c0@ginger.kf7nn.com>
In-Reply-To: <199905210437.AAA20720@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>

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i got slightly different version

> dmesg | grep fx
fxp0 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 1 int a irq 10 on
pci0:14:0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:21:13:a0, 10Mbps
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crist J. Clark [mailto:cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 9:37 PM
> To: george vagner
> Cc: cjclark@home.com; N8uReStorm@aol.com; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Question about Intel Networking Card
>
>
> george vagner wrote,
> > the last time the ether express 16 isa 10mb version
> > worked for me was 2.2.2 after that it just would not work
> > although it said it was working. ping forever.....
>
> I'm connected to one of my machines with one of those cards right now:
>
> % dmesg | grep ex0
> ex0 at 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa
> ex0: Intel EtherExpress Pro/10, address 00:aa:00:6f:d7:28, connector TPE
> %  uname -mrs
> FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE i386
>
> It works fine for me on 2.2.8.
>
> > i am now using the fxp0 device on a pci bus and it works great.
>
> I've got two of those on another machine I'm logged into:
>
> % dmesg | grep fxp
> fxp0 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 5 int a irq 5
> on pci0:17:0
> fxp0: Ethernet address 00:90:27:13:ae:7e
> fxp1 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 1 int a irq 9
> on pci0:19:0
> fxp1: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:22:93:d0, 10Mbps
>
> One is 10Mb/s (a 82557-based card), and one is 100Mb/s (a 82558-based
> card). They both work fine... Now. I was posting questions about them
> earlier this week. I practically had to use a mallot to drive them
> into the slots. Their status lights came up (at their end and at the
> other end of the CAT5 wire), but they were not properly installed in
> the machine. Once I warped the motherboard forcing them in, all worked
> wonderfully.
> --
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com
>



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