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Date:      Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:27:33 -0700
From:      unsafe at any speed <erich@ucsd.edu>
To:        Nathan <spivey@hub.cydonia.net>
Cc:        mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: laptop as dual homed router
Message-ID:  <3B4B2CF5.50306@ucsd.edu>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107100911550.32481-100000@hub.cydonia.net>

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what messages do you get when you insert the second card? it sounds like 
you may have bogus IRQs or I/O addresses in your pccard.conf--the first 
one is good, but not the second.

eric

Nathan wrote:

> Goodday,
> 
>  I've setup a p233 laptop with two nics:
>  3com 3c589  - ep0
>  compaq neteligent - xe0
>  
>  unfortunately, only ONE interface will work at a time. doesnt matter If i
>  boot with none, either one, or both inserted, i will only get traffic on
>  ONE interface. EITHER will work independantly just fine, either on
>  the inside network or the outside.
> 
> so basically, both cards work fine; its not a hardware issue. 
> the drivers load fine for both too; not a kernel issue
> the right tcp/ip config is being used for both cards; not a network
> issue
> i just can only get _traffic_ on one at a time when both are inserted. 
> with just one in, it'll work just fine, regardless of which card, and
> regardless of which network i wanna use it on (ie. private 10.x.x.x or
> the public network via cable modem service)
>  
>  i'm replacing an existing ppro pc thats doing my routing/nat for me just
>  fine now, and have basically mirrored the kernel and configs for natd,
>  pccardd, etc on the laptop... so i know its not a configuration issue
> since i've done this before more than once (:
>  
>  if both are in, one interface will work (which ever was loaded first) and
>  i can see the network fine. but the other one won't send/recv any
> traffic,
>  just acts like its dead. even tho, if its the outside interface, it still
>  gets its DHCP fed to it, it just won't work...
> 
>  i'm wondering if its a laptop thing (pcmcia) since my pc router with fbsd
>  is working fine.. maybe something with pccardd or something that inhibits
> two nics working at the same time??
> 
> thanks!
> nathan
> 
> 
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