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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!well!csw From: csw@well.sf.ca.us (Chris Warth) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Configuring a 3C509 Combo board Date: 30 Nov 1995 02:50:10 GMT Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 24 Message-ID: <49j652$3qs@nkosi.well.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: well.com I'm trying to get FreeBSD 2.0.1 to recognize the 10base-T port on a 3Com 3C509 EIII Combo board, so far with no success. I am running the GENERIC kernel and the card comes up under the "ep0" interface. The BNC-thinnet interface works fine. I've confirmed that the 10baseT connection has link-level connectivity. I have tried a variety of "link" options to the ifconfig command with no luck. The one that I thought would work was ifconfig ep0 -link0 -link2 link1 Something similar has worked on BSDI machines with the same board and under FreeBSd when configuring the "de0" interface. Is there some problem with the "ep" driver that prevents this from working correctly? Is there a chance that the board is broken? It is much more likely that I simply have not hit upon the particular spell to make it work correctly. Any advice would be welcome. -csw