Any of these help ?

http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/496/2001/3/50/5416344/
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/465/2001/2/50/5090973/
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2001-02/author.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2001/02/05/0007.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2001/03/

similar to you:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2001/03/25/0006.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2001/03/27/0010.html

M

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Reynolds" <phil@tinsleyviaduct.com>
To: <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 5:41 AM
Subject: Installation problem with NetGear cards


> I have recently rebuilt one of my systems around PCI-based hardware, and
> find that I am unable to install NetBSD using (at least) the latest boot
> disks.
>
> I have tried two different network cards from the same manufacturer
(NetGear)
> to no avail, with different results.
>
> With either card, I can ping by IP number.
>
> With the FA311, trying to FTP by hostname, I get "No address associated
with
> hostname", and by IP number, "cannot assign requested address", or
something
> that is phrased similarly.
>
> With the FA310, trying to FTP simply times out. A tcpdump on another
machine
> in my local network shows that the FTP server tries to communicate with
the
> machine I am trying to install, but the machine does not respond and
therefore
> times out. It does appear capable of resolving hostnames, though.
>
> I have the ifconfig results for the two cards, in case that has any
bearing:
>
> FA311:
>
> sip0:
flags=fbff<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,LOOPBACK,POINTOPOINT,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,NOARP,
PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,LINK0,LINK1,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> address: a0:8e:3f:c3:98:a8
> media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT)
> status: active
> inet 62.49.246.84 -> 62.49.246.95 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast
62.49.246.95
> inet6 fe80:1::1 -> :: prefixlen 64
> inet6 ::1 -> ::1 prefixlen 128
>
> Note that this card appears to be configured with lots of flags and for a
> range of IPv4 addresses.
>
> FA310:
>
> tlp0: flags=8843<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> address: 01:e0:dd:fe:ff:be
> media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT)
> status: active
> inet 62.49.246.84 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 62.49.246.95
> inet6 fe80:1::d41d:8cd9:8f00:b204 prefixlen 64
>
> This looks a lot more sane.
>
> If any additional information is required, I will try to provide it. I
have
> ruled out a defective FA311 by temporarily substituting a known working
one
> out of another system and getting the same result. I have machines running
> other operating systems with both models of card, including an almost
> identical hardware configuration running OpenBSD, which installed easily
> with no network problems.
>
> I really do hope someone can help me as it's not the same not having a
> NetBSD system up and running.
>
> --
> Phil Reynolds
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>