Subject: Re: 4 port ethernet cards
To: D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/28/1998 13:25:23
At 10:51 AM 1/28/98 , D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>Has anyone got the 4 port ethernet cards to work with NetBSD?  I tried
>the Znyx one (http://www.znyx.com/zx346.htm) and while it recognized
>all the ports, I couldn't seem to make it communicate with anything.
>I noticed that there was an OACTIVE flag set.  Perhaps it is sensing
>(or not sensing) something that makes it not work.  Does the fact that
>it shares an interrupt between 4 de devices confuse it?

Which 346 is it?  (there are a couple)

>Note that this works under FreeBSD transparently - a fact that my
>friends are only too happy to remind me of.

It should work.  If it's stuck in OACTIVE it's probably doing media
detection.
-- 
Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
3am Software Foundry      WWW URL:    http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt/
Nashua, NH                Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message