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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.244.176.52!news.iij.ad.jp!tyo2.gate.nec!tyo4.gate.nec!newssv2.tmg.nec!newsserv.cl.nec!sbl.cl.nec!newsmasters@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp From: nao@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp (Naoki Hamada) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3c509 problems ? Date: 31 Jan 1997 10:47:52 +0900 Organization: NEC Corporation Lines: 15 Sender: nao@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp Distribution: world Message-ID: <uppvymty2f.fsf@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp> References: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970130214705.2034A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp In-reply-to: N Fung's message of Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:50:03 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34830 N. Fung wrote: >I had the EXACT problem. Is this a FreeBSD (ep0 driver?) thing or more >like a 3Com limitation? It's a pain to reboot with DOS, config, and >reboot whenever I want to switch BNC<->10BaseT. It is a limitation of the ep0 driver. Anyway, you can switch between connector types on the fly. Try: aui: ifconfig ep0 link0 -link1 -link2 bnc: ifconfig ep0 -link0 link1 -link2 utp: ifconfig ep0 -link0 -link1 link2 - nao