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From: fzshenau@rocky.ucdavis.edu (Gregory Shenaut)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: 3c509B, help please
Date: 15 Nov 1995 23:06:19 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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Ferry Winarta (ferryw@softplus.com.au) wrote:

: I tried to use 2 3c509B ethernet cards with BSD 2.0.1.
: I configured the kernel , add "ef1 isa? port 300", commented out the default
: ef1, recompiled. The kernel can find both cards, and I can ping both cards.
: But, I can't ping other PCs in both networks, and other PCs can't ping the
: cards as well. 
: I used thin ethernet cable, and I tried to force the cards to use BNC (but
: I don't know how to force the kernel to use BNC only).

: Is there anybody ever use 3c509B with BSD 2.0.1, or can point me anything
: to be tried ?

I had trouble with this too.  I ran the dos "3c5x9cfg" utility
and set up one card as

	300h	i/o
	10	irq
	Disabled
	On board coax (BNC)
	Server
	9600 Baud
	Enabled

then cycled power and it worked.  I didn't touch the kernel configuration.
I too have a second card, but am waiting on cables to be installed before
trying it out.  (BTW, I no longer remember what the above entries
stand for; this is just from my notes.)

--
Greg Shenaut -- gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu