From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 11 16:32: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from css.tuu.utas.edu.au (css.tuu.utas.edu.au [131.217.115.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F146C150D4 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:31:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from iaint@css.tuu.utas.edu.au) Received: from localhost (iaint@localhost) by css.tuu.utas.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA87721 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:31:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from iaint@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:31:54 +1100 (EST) From: Iain Templeton To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NICs (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sent to me, although probably more appropriate for the list. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:43:08 -0400 From: Coleman Kane To: Iain Templeton Subject: Re: NICs Thus spoke Iain Templeton , and it was proclaimed: > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Jimmy Zongos wrote: > > > i got a computer with a sn2000 nic card and it says its ne2000 > > compatible but when i try to run it in slackware it doesnt work and i > > was wondering if it would work in freebsd 3.3-stable please email me > > if it can > > > If its based on the RealTek 8029 chipset then it should. (I have a NIC at > home which calls itself an SN2000 and is based on that chip so). > > It uses the ed driver. > > Iain. > It should've run is slackware too. Make sure you have all the settings correct, sometimes the PnP feature doesn't work as planned. Also make sure it doesn't conflict with another device on your system. Typically, this could be IRQ3 for your serial port, or IRQ12 for your psaux port, or IRQ7 for your Sound BLaster. --cokane To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message