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From: captain@rot.qc.ca (Andrew Webster)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386BSD] Problem with WD8013 card!
Summary: Problem with WD8013 and 386BSD
Keywords: 386BSD ethernet 8013 problem bug
Message-ID: <C18MwH.5Aq@rot.qc.ca>
Date: 22 Jan 93 04:24:15 GMT
Organization: Groupe de Recherche Operationnelle en Telecommunication (ROT) Inc.
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Hi...

This may be old hat, but here goes...

Just a little backgroud:
I'm tring to get 386BSD to talk to my ISC3.0 box but so far only slip works!

I just recently aquired 386BSD, and have been installing it.  The documentation
mentions that it supports western digital (SMC) network cards.  I have such
a beast, and 386BSD does indeed detect the card upon boot-up.  However
after configuring it with:
ifconfig we0 192.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.1.1.255
and: route add default 192.1.1.1 
ping 192.1.1.1 does nothing (NADA) the activity lights on the card don't
even flash.  Going the other way (ISC3.0->386BSD ping makes the RX light
flash on the card but it seems to be ignoring the packets.)

I noticed however that when I set a new address with ifconfig a packet is
transmitted (lights flash and packet count goes up on ISC machine.)

I've tried with Tarry's new distribution tiny bsd and that didn't help either.
Any comments / sugestions?

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