Enabling 2nd NIC for router function on FreeBSD

freebsd freebsd at ns4.nukezone.com
Thu Jan 13 10:08:58 PST 2005



On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, free bsd wrote:

> >free bsd wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'm seaching how to configure my FreeBSD-PXE boot server so, that i can 
> >>use it as a zebra router.
> >>
> >>My configuration:
> >>
> >>PC104
> >>- 1 intel NIC (works as fxp0)
> >>- 2 Realtec RTL8019AS NIC's (only 1 will show up as ed0)
> >>
> >>So the problem is: Only 1 (one) of my realtec network card's works.
> >>
> >>Configuration at this moment (but tryed many others like ed only in stead 
> >>of ed0 etc.)
> >>
> >># ISA Ethernet NICs.
> >># 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
> >>device        ed0    at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000
> >>
> >>If you require more info to answer please ask! Were stuck up here!
> >>
> >>
> >Have you tried this?:
> >device        ed0    at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000
> >device        ed1    at isa? port foo irq foo iomem foo
> >
> >Have you played with the PnP OS mode in the BIOS?
> >Have you manually tried to configure the cards (using the config boot disk 
> >to change the pnp resouces it uses)?
> >
> 
> Yes, we tryed all of this kind... nothing seems to work... maybe we are 
> forgetting something?
> 

Then I don't know, I've never used the ed device and I haven't use ISA for 
years. send this to the freebsd-questions mailing list. what version of 
FreeBSD are you using (uname -a) and send them a copy of dmesg too. did 
you try moving it to a diffrent slot?



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