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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.rediris.es!newsfeed.mad.ibernet.es!minerva.ibernet.es!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!198.53.145.3!news.interlog.com!gold.interlog.com!ean From: Ean Kingston <ean@gold.interlog.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: problems with ethernet card Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:37:23 -0400 Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 21 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970606173331.15319B-100000@gold.interlog.com> References: <5n7arq$dbd@ns2.ryerson.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: gold.interlog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Felix Wu <fwu@jupiter.scs.Ryerson.CA> In-Reply-To: <5n7arq$dbd@ns2.ryerson.ca> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42539 Ya, know what you mean (exact same thing but with SMC card) and my solution: Boot DOS, run the DOS program that configures the card, reboot BSD and make sure you have matching IRQ this time. Just a couple of reminders: Disable PnP if the card uses it (what a waist of technology), and (despite with MicroSwift 95 would have you believe) setting anything to IRQ 2/9 is not a good idea. On 5 Jun 1997, Felix Wu wrote: > Hi, I'm new to freeBSD and I just installed it. Somehow it finds my > NE2000 compatible ethernet card, but it kept giving me ed0: device time > out message. I read some docs said that I should change my IRQ setting > to -1 since my card is configurated by software instead of jumpers, then > I tried it but still no luck.. anyone got a clue? or should I just go buy > a network card with jumpers? thanks in advance. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ean Kingston (email: ean@interlog.com) http://www.interlog.com/~ean/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-