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From: darryl@vfofu1.dco.dec.com (Darryl Wagoner)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] WD8003E card doesn't work
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V.O.F. Roana Technologies (roana@cs.utwente.nl) wrote:
: Hi,
: 
:   I'm trying to use a WD8003E (8-bit) ethernet card with 386bsd 0.1. Although
: 386bsd recognizes the card as we0 (and correctly displays our ethernet
: address), I can't send or receive any frames with it. Everytime I have another
: computer send a frame to 386bsd, 386bsd says 'reject 65531'. Looking at the


I had the same problem!  If you run the MS-DOS diagnose program I am
sure you will see that it will fail the ram test.  You need to change
the base address of the card to be something that will pass the ram test.
I use DC000 but your milage may vary.  

Give it a try.

-darryl
darryl@sai.com