From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 26 17:20:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B3B155D6 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:20:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA20868; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:20:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:20:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Andy McConnell Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Dave Goodman Subject: Re: Gateway 486DX2-66 and ISA network cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Andy McConnell wrote: > We tried this weekend to install 3.1-RELEASE on a Gateway 2000 486DX2-66 > with ISA slots and various different network cards... Some supported, > some not. But every time, FreeBSD refused to recognize the cards. > > We were working with: > D-Link DE-220 (probably not supported, no we changed cards) > NetGear 201 (same deal - our fault for getting something not in the FAQ - > but it was NE2000 compliant, or so we thought) The ed driver didn't like it? > Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+ (Specifically supported by ex0 (man 4 ex)) I've had the Intel ISA cards work once, back in the 2.1.5 days, until I forced the owner to change to an NE2000 so tcpdump would work. I don't think that card has worked since. I suggest finding a fully generic NE2000. :-) Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message