Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 00:10:34 -0800 From: "John Fitzgibbon" <fitz@jfitz.com> To: "Keith Bartholomew" <kb9@dana.ucc.nau.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD compatible hardware Message-ID: <002201bf8e55$fba62fc0$040ba8c0@fitz> References: <38CD8FE0.BE42D251@dana.ucc.nau.edu>
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To get a bit more specific, if its a Kingston EtheRX model KNE20T or KNE20BT, then it is PnP functionality on the card that causes the problem. As the card's manual says, its only with PnP disabled that the card behaves as a NE2000. With PnP enabled the card is a Kingston, which FreeBSD does not support. Note: disabling PnP in your BIOS won't help -- you need to reconfigure the card with the QSTART program that comes with the card. If you can't find QSTART, (on diskette or Kingston's web site), let me know and I'll rummage for it in my collection of junk floppies. On a positive note, when I was using this card as an NE2000 under FreeBSD it performed like a champ -- no compatibility problems whatsoever. Fitz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Bartholomew" <kb9@dana.ucc.nau.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 5:03 PM Subject: FreeBSD compatible hardware > About a year ago I tried to put FreeBSD on an old 486 computer I got a > hold of. I was not able to use FreeBSD as a server though because it > would not recognize the Ethernet card. The Ethernet card is a Kingston > NE2000 compatible PNP ISA card. As far as I was able to figure out it > was the PNP aspect of it that gave me problems. I have been looking at > ISA Ethernet cards and they all seem to be PNP. Will FreeBSD now > recognize PNP cards or do I need to find a non PNP NIC for it to work? > If so could anyone suggest where I could find an ISA Ethernet card that > will work in FreeBSD that isn't too expensive? I would greatly > appreciate any help. Thank you. > > Keith > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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