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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sgi.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!blackbush.xlink.net!fu-berlin.de!news.gtn.com!klicman.de!ora.de!bad From: bad@ora.de (Christoph Badura) Subject: Re: Newbie help with networking Message-ID: <E47wnB.66r@ora.de> Organization: Verlag O'Reilly References: <32e1dcc3.1916076@news.easynet.co.uk> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 18:57:11 GMT Lines: 27 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5157 [posted & mailed] In <32e1dcc3.1916076@news.easynet.co.uk> peter@easynet.net (Peter Lowe) writes: >I can install the kernel and filesystem ok, and when NetBSD boots up, >it recognises that my network card is there, on ed2 as an 16-bit >NE2000 compatible. The thing is, when I type ifconfig <blahblah>, and >the try to ping anything, I get the response : > ed2: device timeout That's the typical symptom when the card and the kernel disagree on the interrupt that the card is using. The NetBSD install kernels expect IRQ 10 for a card that configures as ed2. >The network card is a KE200 PnP ISA Jumperless adapter. I've tried >disabling switching modes from PnP to Jumperless via a DOS based >program that comes with the network card, but it doesn't seem to make >any difference. You should disable PnP mode on the card. -- Christoph Badura Now available in print: Lion's Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code http://www.peer-to-peer.com/