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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mid.net!sbctri.tri.sbc.com!newspump.wustl.edu!cerberus-138.wustl.edu!usenet From: demediuk@neuro.wustl.edu (Paul P. Demediuk) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: ethernet cards Date: 29 Nov 1995 15:59:47 GMT Organization: Washington University - Neurology Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <49i01j$9l8@cerberus-138.wustl.edu> References: <4965op$49r@mailhost.mnsinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: neu02.wustl.edu X-Newsreader: News for Windows NT X1.0-68 In article <4965op$49r@mailhost.mnsinc.com> crunch@krunchy.net wrote: > > Anyone, know why some ethernet cards are recognized by bsd 1.1 We have > some new 3com 3c509 combos that don't get recognized at all. THEN, get this.. > the boot blocks get trashed after a few attempts at rebooting. Also tried an INTEL > etherexpress. An older 3c509 seemed to work though. But with the new cards, > we try to setup the card and it says "what card?" The cards are even defined > in the kernal! The motherboards are Micronics. > > Is this the fault of the card, bsd or the motherboard? > > thanks in advance. Are the motherboards Plug n Play? If they are, you will need to put the new 3c509s in an older motherboard that does not support PnP. You should then run 3c5x9cfg.exe and in the configure menu disable Plug and Play. Once PnP is disabled, the cards should be recognized by any motherboard. ____________________________________________________ Paul P. Demediuk (demediuk@neuro.wustl.edu) Washington University Medical School Neurology Box 8111, 660 S. Euclid St Louis, MO 63110 314-362-4206 ____________________________________________________