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From: ggrant@crl.com (Gary E. Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Ethernet on FreeBSD 2.0 with Netware
Date: 23 Feb 1995 23:27:44 -0800
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In article <3idq6j$em@terrazzo.lm.com>, fredh <fredh@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>Blade Runner (blade.runner@horizon.org) wrote:
>> I am using FreeBSD 2.0 with a 3COM 3C509-TP Ethernet Adaptor.  I am
>> using ep0 in the FreeBSD Machine.  I have a simular card on a netware
>> 3.12 server with IP bound to Frame Type ETHERNET_II and other Frame
>> types have IPX bound to the same card.
>
>> The Two Machines cannot see each other when Pinging the other.  When
>> Pinging the Netware Box from the FreeBSD Box, I see the activity light
>> on the concentrator go off, so I know FreeBSD is communicating with ep0
>> to try and find the Netware Box.
>
>> Does anyone know if FreeBSD is using a Frame Type Other than ETHERNET_II
>> or if FreeBSD has any problems having packets of other frame types being
>> on the same wire?  This is driving me nuts and I am considering using
>> Two seperate 10Base2 Cards to communicate between these two machines if
>> this is going to be what is required.
>
>> Any Help is Appriciated.
>
>> blade.runner@horizon.org
>
>RESPONSE:
>
>The standard FRAME is 802.3, set the Netware server to 802.3 and it will 
>work.
>
>FredH
>
How you do this in a client is add the line FRAME=802.3 to the net.cfg
file. In the NW 3.12 Server ti the autoexec.ncf file