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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!192.239.17.140!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!cbgw2.lucent.com!nntphub.cb.lucent.com!cbict3.cb.att.com!mcswain From: jmcswain@lucent.com (Dale McSwain) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Local network setup problems Date: 30 Apr 1997 12:19:59 GMT Organization: Lucent Lines: 21 Sender: mcswain@cbict3.cb.lucent.com (Dale McSwain) Distribution: world Message-ID: <5k7ddf$7n1@nntpa.cb.lucent.com> References: <5k2cu5$jc@nntpa.cb.lucent.com> <5k755q$p26@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> Reply-To: jmcswain@lucent.com NNTP-Posting-Host: cbict3.cb.lucent.com X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-30 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40029 Well I found the problem last night. For some reason the SMC Elite combo cards time out when the soft IRQ settings are used. Both W95 and FreeBSD do this when the jumper is moved to the soft setting. After using EZSetup and modifying the soft parameters to a non-conflicting IRQ the cards still behave the same. FreeBSD gives device timeout errors when booted and W95 gives them when a network packet goes out. The hard jumper settings do function ok though. Has anyone seen this behaviour? I am running FreeBSD 2.1.7. Dale McSwain