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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!utcsri!utnut!torn!mcshub!flex.eng.mcmaster.ca!todd From: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff) Subject: more info on WD8003E problem Message-ID: <1993Mar19.170828.29766@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: usenet@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: flex1.eng.mcmaster.ca Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 17:08:28 GMT Lines: 44 Previously, I asked: > Article: 982 of comp.os.386bsd.questions > Subject: problem with WD8003E Ethernet adapter > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 01:18:17 EST > > I have a Western Digital WD8003E Ethernet adapter, in a 486DX2-66 > ISA bus slot, which is configured for port 0x280 and IRQ 2. > > At boot time the 386BSD reports: > > we0 ethernet address 00:00:c0:0e:99:13 at 0x280 irq 9 on isa > > Why the irq 9? > > The system boots fine and I run ifconfig and route to configure the > ethernet interface and add a default route. When I try to ping any > host on the ethernet I get no response. > > Is the WD8003E supported? and I have learned that, yes, the WD8003E is supported and the IRQ 9 mystery is not really a mystery. Thanks Christoph. > From: chmr@edvz.tu-graz.ac.at (Christoph Robitschko) > On ATs, the IRQ2 pin on the ISA bus is connected to the IRQ9 input (on > the second interrupt controller), because IRQ2 is used to cascade the > second PIC to the first. I have also verified that there are no IRQ conflicts between my video controller and ethernet controller. I made sure that IRQ 2 was disabled on the video controller. I'm still getting no response to pings to remote hosts. But when I ping the PC from a Sun host, I get the message "reject 65531" printed on the PC console every second or so (it seems in response to every ping from the Sun). Does this mean the PC is seeing packets from the Sun, but rejecting them? Any idea why? -- Todd Pfaff \ Internet: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca Dept. of Mechanical Engineering \ Voice: (416) 525-9140 x2902 McMaster University \ FAX: (416) 572-7944 Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA L8S 4L7 \