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At 07:14 PM 2/2/2004, Hilton Travis wrote: >Hi Ben, > >O! How I love Microsoft's version of text. Even more than I love html >email. :( > >On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 08:42, Ben Carlisle wrote: > > Folks, > > Spent some time scouring the archive with no results. > > > > I am trying to setup m0n0wall on an old piece of hardware, a PI/166. > I have two ISA NICs in the box, both of which are NE2k-compats (they're > even the same model). I have FreeBSD 4.8 installed on the box, and when I > boot my normal kernel, I can detect them both (although I did have to > recompile the GENERIC kernel to add device ed1). > > > > However, when I boot m0n0wall (from CD), everything boots fine and I > get the console menu. I select option 1, expecting to assign my NICs, and > the list of 'Valid interfaces' is empty! I tried entering ed0 and ed1 but > neither worked. (Invalid interface name). Scrolling up in the dmesg, I > get a message that says "Initializing PC cards ... failed. (probably no > PC card controller present)" Might this have something to do with it? > > > > Now, I'm very new to both FreeBSD and m0n0wall. I'm hoping it is a > drastic oversight on my part. But I cannot find any references to this > stuff in existing documentation. Does anyone have any idea what is going > on here, or have some things I can try? Again, I'm a newbie to this stuff > so I would greatly appreciate any assistance. > >ISA NICs are not supported, it seems. 3Com 3C09 ISA NICs (the best ISA >NICs ever made) aren't supported, so I assume no ISA NICs are supported. Actually I was able to get my 3c509b combo card to work under m0n0 by setting it in plug-n-play mode. The drivers are there, but they don't normally get detected. Can't speak for the other variants though. I was disappointed myself when support for these started dropping off. I've got buckets of them, and they work great for DSL/cable connections. A 10/100 card is just a waste for that connection. HTH ---------------------------------------- Good, Fast, Cheap... Pick any two ---------------------------------------- |