Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:04:32 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mathlab.sunysb.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCMCIA NIC for use w/ FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20030206033432.GM72435@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302052212310.21326-100000@SunRa.mathlab.sunysb.edu> References: <20030206023743.GK72435@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302052212310.21326-100000@SunRa.mathlab.sunysb.edu>
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On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 22:18:50 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote: > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> I wish it were so. I have an NE2K compatible NIC >> >> Heh. I was going to suggest exactly that. > > :) Yeah, NE2K compatible NICs have always done right by me. But this one > is pretty obscure: its an 'Argosy EN-210' NIC. Hmm, this could be a simple problem to solve. What version of FreeBSD are you using? >> What problem do you have with (Free)BSD? > > It just doesn't configure the NE2K pc card -- doesn't assign an > ethernet device to it, but it does so for the 3com. What appears in dmesg and /var/log/messages? >>> I guess I'll try a clearance Xircom I saw and cross my fingers. >> >> Don't do that until you know what the problem is. > > I suspect that *BSD would work if it correctly identified the card as NE2K > compatible and just tried to do it. We call it FreeBSD or BSD, not *BSD. > Any way I can force that? Depends on the version you're running. I suspect I know a way if you're running 4.x. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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