Well, I wrestled the video card out (those old RasterOps boards were BIG!)
and tried the internal video (which previously hadn't worked, though this
was probably due to the small colony of spiders that had collected on it
over the past few years when it wasn't being used)

Sure enough, we're rocking.

1000 thanks to you all!

-sean

-----Original Message-----
From: port-mac68k-owner@netbsd.org
[mailto:port-mac68k-owner@netbsd.org]On Behalf Of Salvatore Mancini
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 2:47 PM
To: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: trying to get the network going...


Does this system have a video card installed I wonder? I recall reading
about a
problem with some video cards having an interrupt conflict with the onboard
ethernet of the centris/quadra 650's. I myself had this problem when I had a
videocard installed even though I was not using it at the time. Pulling the
video
card out was my solution.

I looked for this on the FAQ but could not find it. I definitely read it
somewhere
on one of the macbsd sites, I just can't remember where.....

Hope this helps
Salvatore

gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:18:36PM -0400, Sean Murphy wrote:
> > Just installed NetBSD 1.4.2 and I'm trying to get it online. I've set it
up
> > as per the instructions at
http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/howto/networking/
> >
> > the one thing I'm not sure about is the Machine Name. The document says
"If
> > you don't know what it is ask your local Network Guru." Well, I'm
guru-less.
> > I also note that it's for version 1.2/1.3. Any huge differences with the
> > latest release?
> >
> > I'm running it on a Quadra 650 with a static IP. It doesn't appear to be
a
> > hardware problem as I can connect just fine under System 7.
> >
> > I have the default router, IP address and subnet all triple checked.
Still
> > no love.
> >
> > The only seemingly abnormal output I get is
> >
> > sn0: Tx - lost interrupt
> >
> > any help is greatly appreciated!
>
>