Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:50:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <wotan@fosburgh.dyndns.org> To: Michel Quadflieg <michel@quadspeed.com> Cc: Chris <chris@ogden.sd27.bc.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet Configuration Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904231548450.1041-100000@fosburgh.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990423214335.00928100@area51>
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On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Michel Quadflieg wrote: Try device ed1 at pci? That is what I have and it works fine as interface ed2. > Yeah I had the same problem but when I compile the custom > kernel with the ed0 ISA interface I don't have the problem > Ifconfig then can find the device ed1. > > So compile your kernel with the ISA card in it and you don't have > any problems. Just a little error message in the dmesg that it can't > find the ed0 on ISA that's all > > Succes > > Michel > > At 12:24 23/4/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi there. > > First off I would like to thank you for your initial help. I followed > your > >instructions but I couldn't get them to work. I'll will outline every thing > >that I have done so far and all that I can on my NIC. > > > >I have configured a custom kernel and in the kernel source I added the line: > >device ed0 at pci? > > > >I also disabled all ISA NIC configurations that were there. > > > >in my /boot/kernel.conf there is a line that reads: > > > >en ed0 > > > >Here are the entries in my /etc/rc.conf file: > >ifconfig_interface="inet ip.address.here netmask 255.255.255.0" > >defaultrouter="gateways.ip.address" #of course all these fields have their > >network_interfaces="interface ed1" #correct entries :) > >hostname="myhost.mydomain.org" > > > >When I boot the machine here is what I get on the ethernet card: > >Probing PCI Bus 0: > >ed1:<NE2000 Ethernet (RealTek 8029)> rev 0x00 int a irq 255 on pci0.11.0 > >Then the rest of the boot-up... > > > >Then I get an error when ifconfig tries to find the card: > >ifconfig: interface ed1 does not exist. But that makes no sence to me > >because the boot sequence found the card with no problem. > > > >and of course the routing and the rest of the inet stuff fails. > >I have tried to use ed0, ed1, and ed2 but have recieved the same result > >from all three. If anyone has any ideas I would like to hear them. > > > >Chris. > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > >¤ Visit our website at http://24.113.95.111/ ¤ > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- Jonathan Fosburgh Geotechnician Snyder Oil Corporation Houston, TX Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 Manager, FreeBSD Webring: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498/computer/freebsdring.html ICQ: 32742908 AIM: Namthorien To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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