1) Yes, the Neoware boxes have problems with dual NICs. That's about 
IRQs and such. Disabling the onboard NIC does not help.
2) Beware: The latest version of m0n0wall has problems with the IDE 
controller in the Neoware NE2000, at least.


Lee Sharp schrieb:
> Tim Nelson wrote:
>> Hello! I recently acquired a Neoware Eon 6000 thin client. It is 
>> simply a 300mhz fanless geode embedded unit with an onboard nic, one 
>> pci slot, 128mb sodimm, and flash based 256mb storage. I've added a 
>> dual port Compaq Netelligent NIC in the PCI slot. I've loaded 
>> monowall 1.3b11 (which I'm using quite successfully in numerous 
>> environments). However, I am unable to get the unit to boot. After a 
>> few of the pci devices are detected, I'm getting this error:
>
>> If I remove the dual port nic, the unit boots again. I've tried 
>> enabling/disabling PnP in the BIOS, as well as clearing the settings, 
>> etc. Has anyone out there successfully used one of these Neoware Eon 
>> units with monowall and an addon nic? Are there any pointers(no pun 
>> intended regarding the stack trace above... :-D ) you can give me 
>> regarding getting this card to work? I'm using this same card in an 
>> old Dell GX200 box and it works like a charm...
>
> I am using a neoware box right now, but it has a single port nic. 
> Something about not having the voltage most 2 port nics require.  Try 
> a single and I bet it works.
>
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