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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Switching Ethernet Cards Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:03:25 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 27 Message-ID: <31CA10FD.63E3@www.play-hookey.com> References: <roy-1906961616510001@206.53.164.230> <31C8E5A7.6AEC@www.play-hookey.com> <roy-2006961101470001@206.53.164.230> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Roy Lovejoy wrote: > > The 3Com card was identified as ep0, and the Novell clone was identified > as ed1. (in the boot sequence.) > > So I corrected the /etc/sysconfig file to reflect the change, and now when > I boot, it doesn't say "Network Unreachable", however right before the > login prompt appears, the system coughs and says "ed1 timeout", and, of > course, the machine can't be seen on the network. > > The new card is listed as a Novell NE2000 clone. ($30 frome MEI!!!) I > really don't feel like coughing up >$100 for a 'real' one.. > That should not be a problem by itself. I am using NE2000 clones that I mostly bought at computer shows for $25 with no trouble. I do have one NE2100 clone that FreeBSD recognizes nicely as lnc0, and it's in my main gateway/server box. Sometimes when I reboot that box I get an "lnc0 timeout" message, but then it says "resetting lnc0..." and it comes back on line. I almost never get such messages with ed0 cards, and it always seems to bring itself back by the time bootup is done. I know it *shouldn't* make any difference (sound familiar???), but you might try re-designating the new card as ed0 rather than ed1, just for grins. It may just make a difference in some obscure, distant background way. Ken