From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 28 7:18:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from laker.net (laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 075EC15489 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 07:18:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (host-209-214-170-108.sdf.bellsouth.net [209.214.170.108]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.0-LAKERNET-We-do-not-relay) with SMTP id KAA14457; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:18:29 -0400 Message-Id: <199907281418.KAA14457@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Dan Williams" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:13:37 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dual-homed host Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:27:54 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Tuesday, 27 July 1999 at 23:53:36 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: >> >> Id like to put two ethernet cards in my freebsd box. They are both NE2000 >> compat cards. However, what is the driver name for the second card? > >The same as the first: ed. The first one will be unit 0 (ed0), the >second one will be unit 1 (ed1). > >> How do I set that up? > >It should happen automatically. > >> Also, I keep getting an error with my NIC. It says something to the >> effect of "Corrupt NIC memory, invalid packet length 45000" or >> something like that. This NIC was the one I installed FreeBSD over >> a network with, so it does work... Suggestions? > >Looks like a flaky board. Does the other one do the same thing? Verify that the two boards are using different resources, i.e., I/O addresses and IRQs. You should have a floppy from the NIC vendor that allows you to check/change these settings. Turn OFF plug n pray, and set the resources manually. The card will remember these settings. Steve Friedrich Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message