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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!cahuilla.ucsd.edu!horwitt From: horwitt@cahuilla.ucsd.edu (David Horwitt) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Problem with ethernet on Zenith Laptop Date: 13 Jan 1994 18:12:14 GMT Organization: IGPP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego Lines: 22 Sender: dhorwitt@ucsd.edu Message-ID: <2h42tuINNd65@network.ucsd.edu> References: <1994Jan12.043754.26331@midway.uchicago.edu> <1994Jan12.105540.28979@cm.cf.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: cahuilla.ucsd.edu Summary: Z-note network hardware Keywords: Zenith Znote network ethernet i8259sx In article <1994Jan12.105540.28979@cm.cf.ac.uk> paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) writes: >In article <1994Jan12.043754.26331@midway.uchicago.edu> nmfreedm@quads.uchicago.edu (Noam M. Freedman) writes: >>I am attempting to use the ethernet port which is built on the motherboard >>of the Zenith laptop. >> ( stuff deleted ) >> ... IE: What interface do i use in ifconfig? > >That's not you ethernet card. That just shows you've got a 486 with >working fpu unit. > >What ethernet controller is it and what does the output of dmesg show? > The Zenith Z-Note 325L laptop uses the Intel 82593 LAN controller chip with a 82c501 ethernet serial interface chip. I don't think a *BSD driver exists for this; please correct me if I am wrong, and save me the work of writing a driver myself. The lack of a network driver is the only thing keeping me from installing FreeBSD on my Zenith. David Horwitt dhorwitt@ucsd.edu