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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!sgiblab!wetware!kaiwan.com!kaiwan!speed From: speed@kaiwan.com (Kevin R. Bailey) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Ethernet problems Date: 15 Mar 1994 13:08:37 -0800 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310/527-4279,818/756-0180,714/741-2920) Lines: 55 Message-ID: <speed.763765431@kaiwan> NNTP-Posting-Host: kaiwan.kaiwan.com Summary: Having trouble installing ethernet adapter Keywords: 386BSD ETHERNET CONFIGURATION INSTALLATION PROBLEM HELP I am trying to install a (supposedly) NE2000 compatible ethernet card in a machine with 386BSD 0.1. Its configured for port 300 and IRQ 9, however I don't completely trust the settings. On start up, 386BSD recognizes that there's a NE2000 device at address 300 but, no matter what IRQ I set the card, 386BSD claims its always at IRQ 9. DOS device drivers (from the same manufacturer of the card) will correctly identify whatever IRQ I set the card to and allow it to transceive traffic. In case you're curious, its a GVC (yes, I'm trying to get away as inexpensively as I can). My /etc/myname file looks like this: netvan.com My /etc/hosts file looks like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.1.1.1 netvan.com netvan My /etc/networks file looks like this: 255.255.255.0 my-netmask My /etc/netstart file looks like this: ... hostname='cat /etc/myname' hostname $hostname ifconfig ne0 inet $hostname netmask my-netmask ... My /etc/hosts.equiv file is empty. Everything else is unchanged from installation. During start up, I get the "word" nestartartstartart printed after 'starting networks' and 'starting daemons: routed' and the transmit LED on the card blinks a couple of times. I would like to be able to telnet/login to this machine but I can't even ping 192.1.1.1. Are there any tests I can run from 386BSD to see if the adapter is working ? Should I do an explicit ifconfig up ? Should I try a ping FROM 386BSD to my PC client ? Do I need to do a MAKEDEV at any point ? I assumed the start up would do that and I have lots of files called ptyp? in the /dev directory. Basically, I'm looking for other things to try to see where the problem(s) is. For instance, I'd like to know its the cheapy card's fault before buying a new one. A trial-and-error tree (if this works, try this otherwise try this) would be superb. Thanks, Kevin Bailey