Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:07:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jeff Hamilton <gandolf@gandolf.dhs.org> Cc: Jeff Hamilton <gandolf@destiny.erols.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, John Dowdal <jdowdal@destiny.erols.com> Subject: Re: Network problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904201206160.1514-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904151426430.1261-100000@eyore.dhs.org>
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Jeff Hamilton wrote: > > > xl0 <3Com 3c905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100BaseTX> rev 48 int a irq 5 on > > > pci0:19:0 > > > fxp0 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 5 int a irq 9 on > > > pci0:20:0 > > > > Verify that no devices are occupying IRQ 5 or 9 that aren't recognized by > > FreeBSD. Also try shuffling the order of PCI cards on your bus, and avoid > > using the bottom-most slot (closest to the ISA slots). > > IRQ 5 and 9 were both shown as unused by the system bios before I > installed the 2 NIC's. FreeBSD recognizes all devices in the system, and > there are no conflicts with any of them listed in the dmesg output. (at > least none that I see) Thats the thing, something may be there (like the onboard soundcard) that FreeBSD doesn't detect. Try locking out IRQs 5 and 9 in the BIOS setup to force the PCI resource assigner to something else. > I'll try switching the card order. Unfortunately, this motherboard only > has 2 PCI slots, with the IDE/Floppy/Video/sound cards built-in. I have > to use the PCI slot next to the ISA slots (it's actually a shared PCI/ISA > slot). What CPU does this thing have? > Which card is better to use with FreeBSD, the 3com905B or the Intel > EtherExpress Pro? I may remove 1 of the PCI cards, and put my old 3com509 > ISA card back in. The Pro is a *much* better card if you can help it. The xl driver isn't up to the caliber of the fxp driver. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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