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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:30:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Bob Boone <bboone@whro.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RPTI  e2000pci ethernet card ???
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331022930.397v-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <33371FD7.4A95@whro.org>

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On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, Bob Boone wrote:

>     I've been using an ISA ethernet card w/ thin-net only connector.  My
> local net is moving to ALL UTP, so I bought a new card --  RPTI E2000PCI
> card, but can't change the internal port/irq setings to match the 300/5
> that are looked-for by the kernel scan.  Result -- no network connection
> with this card - BSD doesn't see network.  It is an AUTOMATIC card, and
> I can't find any set-up program to get into it and CHANGE anything.

Type '-c' at the Boot: prompt and edit the ed network driver with those
settings.  Then edit /etc/sysconfig and fill out the ifconfig_ed0 line
with the information appropriate for your network (which I'm guessing
didn't change).

>     SYSTEM VIEW:  OCTEK Rhino-6 motherboard, 100m Pentium, IDE hdrive,
> single floppy, SHA-1500 scsi controller/ NEC CD, PCI video card, FreeBSD
> 2.1.5, Apache 1.1.1..... all has worked FINE since August '96.

What was the old ethernet card?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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