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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: 3com 3C509 network cards Date: 18 Jun 1996 04:57:38 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4q59fi$hb@anorak.coverform.lan> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] In article <31C06066.28F6@astrac.com> you wrote: : Hi everyone, : I'm trying to find out if it's possible for FreeBSD v2.1 to handle two : 3com 3c509 network cards. : If so how do I get this to work!!??? : Thanks.... Well, 3c509 cards are driven by the "ep" device driver. If you've got two, you should have "ep0" and "ep1". This can be found by running "ifconfig -a" or "netstat -i". If both show up, you've configured your kernel correctly. If both don't show up, run "dmesg". If neither show up with "dmesg", you've got to recompile your kernel with two lines similar to: device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr device ep1 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 12 vector epintr If only one shows up with dmesg, you'll already have one of the above in your config file - add the other and recompile. If both turn up, but say something like "ep0 not found at 0x..." then you've got to get your kernel to match your hardware settings or vice versa. The kernel can be changed by either changing your config file and recompiling or typing "-c" at the "Boot:" prompt on startup and changing the settings. Hardware is changed by mucking around with jumpers etc. As soon as you get lines from dmesg that say the kernel saw your devices, you'll see them with "netstat -i" or "ifconfig -a". Read the man page on ifconfig to figure out how to get to use the devices - it's standard so you should be able to get some backup from books. If "man ifconfig" means nothing to you and you can't afford books, send a followup saying so, and you'll get a rundown. I can't send email (easily) - I'm away from home (in the states) and don't have an internet connection - just indirect kermit access. It's crazy - I had to write a program to get batched news from my home machine ! So anyway, that's why I can't reply via email as your article requested. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....