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Date:      Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:27:19 +0100
From:      "Alain Fabry" <alainfabry@hotmail.com>
To:        "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>, <cjclark@alum.mit.edu>, "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Beginner's question - Network problem
Message-ID:  <LAW2-OE13fFKdad0WN800005a8a@hotmail.com>
References:  <20020217195934.5D5DF48449@wastegate.net>

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Doug,

thanks, it worked, my win2000/FreeBSD box has now turned into a dedicated
Freebsd box.
Thanks again,

Alain


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>
To: "Alain Fabry" <alainfabry@hotmail.com>; <cjclark@alum.mit.edu>; "Crist
J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: Beginner's question - Network problem


> On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:26:53 -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
>
> >On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:46:08AM +0100, Alain Fabry wrote:
> >> It's a Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+ ISA card
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >> ex: WARNING: board's EEPROM is configured for IRQ 0, using 5
> >> ex0: <Intel PRO/10+ or compatible adapter> at port 0x200-0x20f iomem
0xcc000-0xcffff irq 5 on isa0
> >> ex0: PnP config, 16-bit bus, board id 0xfff, stepping 0xf
> >> ex0: Ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >
> >Not good. Have you tried disabling PnP in your BIOS?
>
> if I can recall correctly, that board can be either PnP or jumperless.
> download the dos program from intel, and set the board to where you
> want it.  PnP is great for PCI, but sucks for ISA, imho.
>
> I've done this with all my isa network cards and never had a problem
> with freebsd or any other OS for that matter.
>
> ---
> doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net
>
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>
>
>

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