I had the same problem before i got my fxp's when i had xls too. The problem was the acpi mode...
Turn it off and 99% it will work... -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. März 2006 22:30 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [pfSense Support] 3com NIC prob Be sure and turn off all peripherals not needed in the machines bios. Parallel port, serial ports, etc, etc. Scott On 3/21/06, Rainer Duffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > barney gumbo wrote: > > I am trying out the live CD of pfsense. The only problem I have is > > my third NIC, xl0, which is a 3Com 3c900-TPO Etherlink XL does not > > link up. I get a physical link light on the locally connected > > switch (an smc, dumb switch). When I was running IPCop on this same > > box (with the same 3 NIC's) I did not have this problem. The NIC > > and driver starts fine on boot up, according to dmesg.boot. When I > > do an ifconfig -a, the NIC is active but not up. The 3Com 3c900-TPO > > is supposedly fully supported by FreeBSD 6.0. > > > > I've tried rebooting the box without luck. So far everything else > > is great, I would just like this third interface to use for a wireless LAN. > > > > Any ideas what the problem could be? > > > I've got an xl0 as my WAN. > No problems so far - it's plugged into a Cisco 29something switch though. > And I don't know if the NIC is exactly the same model. > > Advice: Pick up a some fxps from ebay. > ;-) > > > > cheers, > Rainer > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
