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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.PBI.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news-hub.interserv.net!news.sprynet.com!news From: Charles Buckley <ceb@mauto.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: problems with 2.1.5 installation Date: 04 Sep 1996 18:31:04 -0700 Organization: Mauto Lines: 27 Sender: ceb@WALLISELLEN Message-ID: <wkwwy9sq7b.fsf@mauto.com> References: <322C5EAD.41C67EA6@eunet.cz> <322CCBE8.2781E494@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: hd66-232.compuserve.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.33 "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Martin Machacek wrote: > > any packets. I also cannot ping to it. I've tried ifconfig in the shell > > The machine's ethernet card configuration is hosed. It's not talking to > the net at all. > > > In the interface configuration dialog I'm setting "link0 link1" as extra > > You have all the configuration details right (at least according to the > docs :-), it just seems like your card is in conflict with something > else in the machine and not coming up on the net. > > You say the card works fine in another machine - what's different > between the two machines, and can you do anything to make them more > alike until the problem shows itself? ;) One feature that should be used in the later releases that those who are used to the earlier ones may not be used to is the kernel configurability. At the boot prompt, use "-c", then "visual" and it will tell you if you have IRQ conflicts, etc. You can also change them. I had to do this to get things running -- damn Microsoft Bus Mouse got in the way, and it is configured by default. What a great feature, this configurability, though!