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From: henry mensch <henry@queernet.org>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.0R: 3com 3c509 card support problem
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Seo, seoym@snow.snu.ac.kr writes:
>I recently installed FreeBSD-2.0. 
>When FreeBSD boots up, the kernel finds my 3com card correctly(as IRQ 10).

i'm in a similar spot; the kernel finds my card correctly:

ep0 at 0x200-0x20f irq 10 on isa
ep0: aui/bnc[*AUI*] address 00:60:8c:c0:cc:c1

i can ping the freebsd host from itself just fine.  ping to other hosts
on the ethernet (two others hosts connected with a milan 8-port hub)
reports no result (no packets are ever returned).  the other hosts can
see each other  and the internet (the ethernet is connected to the
internet via a ppp connection; this setup has worked for months and has
not changed lately).

i know the ethernet card is working because the arp cache is getting
entries.  i can ping this host from across the internet an watch it get
traffic over the transceiver, but it doesn't seem to send bits back.  a
default route is installed and known to work from the other hosts on that
network.  any clues?

# henry mensch / <henry@queernet.org> / pob 14592; sf, ca  94114-0592; usa
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