From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 11 09:41:25 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA11302 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 09:41:25 -0800 Received: from estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.42.147]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA11295 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 09:41:24 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA08725; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 09:41:08 -0800 Message-Id: <199503111741.JAA08725@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: estienne.cs.berkeley.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Tom Stevelt <70312.2134@compuserve.com> cc: sysop Subject: Re: Need Help With 3COM 3C509 Ethernet Card In-reply-to: Your message of "10 Mar 1995 23:48:47 EST." <950311044846_70312.2134_CHV33-1@CompuServe.COM> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 09:41:07 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Please Help me set up FreeBSD 4.0 to use 3COM 509 Ethernet Card > >I can not get my little FreeBSD system to talk (or even ping) >the other UNIX machines on our network (SCO unix running TCP/IP). >And they can not ping me. > >Do I need a entry in /dev for ep0? If so, what type (b/c) and >major and minor? > >System is a 386 with 8 meg RAM and 210 meg IDE drive. >20 meg DOS partition, rest for FreeBSD. >Ethernet Card is a 509 with a single TP jack (No BNC or AUI). >When booted under DOS and using James River ICETCP the 509 works >just fine. >While booting FreeBSD the 509 is recognized as ep0. However, the >message looks something like (aui/tp)(*UTP*). Does this mean >it sees my card okay, or that it is confused and can not recognize >a card with just a TP jack? > >Any light you can shed would be much appreciated. Tom Stevelt > It sees your card fine. You need to add the "link2" flag to the ifconfig line in /etc/hostname.ep0 if you use the TP port. Mine looks like: 128.32.42.147 netmask 0xffffff00 link2 -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================