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Message-ID: <33A2E8CB.B747FD4@magibox.net> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 13:54:04 -0500 From: Ken <welk@magibox.net> Reply-To: welk@mem.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: problems with ethernet card X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <5n7arq$dbd@ns2.ryerson.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.50.183.100 Lines: 35 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pull-feed.internetmci.com!chaos.magibox.net!207.50.183.100 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42957 When I had a similar problem it was a mismatch between how I configured the ed0 device and the card. Check your IRQ and I/O base address on both and make sure they are the same. You can boot FreeBSD with the -c parameter and then choose the View configuration method (I think it is), and in the Networking devices you'll find the ed0 device, it's I/O and IRQ settings which FreeBSD is using to attempt to communicate with the board. My ethernet board is also software configurable. I booted to a DOS session, ran the configuration utility and changed/verified the IRQ and I/O base address. Worked like a charm. Good luck. 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. > > -- > > Felix Wu > http://www.skyinternet.com/fwu