In message <20040419153602.54022c52@pheisar>, Rui Paulo writes:
>Hi, I recently installed a 3C509 NIC in a computer running NetBSD 1.6.2_STABLE
>. The card is detected and it shows up in ifconfig.
>
>$ ifconfig ep0 inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00
>$ ifconfig ep0 up
>$ ifconfig ep0
>ep0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>        address: 00:60:8c:79:a2:dc
>        media: Ethernet 10baseT
>        inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
>
>The led on the switch turns on indicating there's a link between the NIC and t
>he switch, so I assume it's all ok.
>
>This computer has other PCI NIC's and I can ping their IP address, but i can't
> ping ep0's IP address.
>Peraphs I'm doing something wrong ?
>

Is this an embedded 3Com card, in a Dell?


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