Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:07:37 -0700 From: "freebsd" <george@vagner.com> To: "Geoff Wright" <wrightg@mcmaster.ca>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Not able to make fbsd recognize two NICS Message-ID: <014c01c1b327$0658e4b0$0400a8c0@thunderbird> References: <02021111564600.02939@localhost.localdomain>
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maybe both are on IRQ10 ? try changing the 3com to a different irq not being used such as irq5 using the dos software supplied on their site. ed0 at port 0x280-0x29f iomem 0xd8000-oxdbfff irq 10 on isa0 ed0: address 00:00:c0:17:c3:4e, type WD8013EPC (16 bit) ep0: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa0 ep0: Ethernet address 00:20:af:03:a9:42 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Wright" <wrightg@mcmaster.ca> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:56 AM Subject: Not able to make fbsd recognize two NICS > Hi, > > Summary: > > 1. Installed two NICs into 486DX (with the hope of eventually sharing an > internet connection with my linux box) > > 2. Individually they both work fine > > 3. When they are both physically present in the machine, only one is > recognized > > 4. attempted a couple of fixes by compiling a new kernel > > > Explanation: > > Newbie here. And I apologize in advance because I don't have all of the > jargon straight. I have successfully installed FreeBSD 4.4-Release on an old > 486DX that came my way. Initially, I had a SMC 83C690LJ NIC in the machine > which was recognized fine during the install. > > (aside: I am behind a Linksys 4-port Router set to DHCP on a home > network...Also, attached to that SMC NIC, I have a CentreCom 210T Twisted > Pair Transceiver which apparently takes a RJ45 cable into a "serial?" (15 > pin) port on the network card. How can I describe this "serial15 pin > port"...this NIC has a BNC port on it and also this "serial 15 pin port", > there was no RJ45 port on the card and that is why I am using the Twisted > Pair Transceiver described above which converts the "serial" port into a RJ45 > port - I hope that makes sense.) > > The SMC NIC is picked up as: > ed0 at port 0x280-0x29f iomem 0xd8000-oxdbfff irq 10 on isa0 > ed0: address 00:00:c0:17:c3:4e, type WD8013EPC (16 bit) > > I just unplug the DSL cable from my linux box which is sitting beside the 486 > on my desk and plug it into the SMC NIC to see if freebsd and the NIC are > working properly. Voila! I can ftp and use Lynx - how exciting! > > Next, eventually I would like to be able to share this DSL line my freeBSD > machine (the 486) and the better box running Linux-mandrake 8.0 (without > having to crawl under the desk at switch it by hand :-)). The 486 is > primarily just to hack around and learn on without the risk of losing > anything too important. At the moment, I can't afford to be messing around > too much with my linux box because I need it for work. > > I physically removed the SMC card from the 486 and plugged in a 3Com > 3c509-Combo Etherlink III NIC with a rj45, "serial?" and BNC port. I wanted > to find out how and where it was recognized by freeBSD. Anyways, it is > picked up as: > > ep0: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa0 > ep0: Ethernet address 00:20:af:03:a9:42 > > So, the next experiment was to plug both cards in at the same time and see if > they would both be picked up. > > At this point, I was still using the GENERIC kernel, and so made sure that > both ed0 and ep were not commented out. I say ep instead of ep0 because in > the GENERIC kernel, the line for ep is just: > device ep > whereas for ed0 it is: > device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 > > I rebooted my machine and waited anxiously to see what would happen...well, > ep0 driver appeared in the inital boot-up stuff but ed0 was nowhere to be > found. Unfortunately, I cannot provide the output from dmesg easily (as I > haven't figured out how to send an email from freebsd...I am sending this > email from my linux box...that will be next weekend's project!) > > I tried a couple of other little moves but they were totally just > guesswork...so I don't know how useful it would be for me to write it out. > > Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you in advance. > geoff > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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