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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!spleen.apl.washington.edu!user From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 2.0 (and latest SNAP) w/3c509 Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 10:40:28 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington Lines: 27 Message-ID: <kargl-0805951040280001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> References: <3oedbl$76o@nntp4.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nntp5.u.washington.edu In article <3oedbl$76o@nntp4.mindspring.com>, rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com (Robert Sanders) wrote: > I'm sure I saw reference to this before, but can't find the article > now. When trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 (and latest SNAP) on a > machine with a 3c509, I can't seem to get the card configured correctly. > It's at 0x300/irq10, and the automatic ifconfig proceeds fine, but > the card won't send or receive packets. The cable (UTP) is known good, > it worked fine under Linux, etc. > > Is there a fix for this? > > -- Robert Did you specify the link2 flag for ifconfig? This is needed for the UTP connection. In /etc/hostname.ep0, you should have xxx.xxx.ip.addr hostname 0xffffff00 link2 where xxx.xxx.ip.addr is th IP address for your machine, hostname is your machine's name, then the netmask, and finally link2 -- Steven G. Kargl Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Seattle, WA 98105