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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!insync!uunet!in2.uu.net!206.63.63.70!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!cnn.isc-br.com!express.ior.com!on-ramp.ior.com!jesseh From: Jesse <jesseh@on-ramp.ior.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3c509 problems ? Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:42:16 -0800 Organization: Internet On-Ramp, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970205213842.3765B-100000@on-ramp.ior.com> References: <32D88C6F.27E2A24B@genesis4.sps.mot.com> <01bc0088$220c1260$5a2d6dc2@robert> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970114211810.24628A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> <01bc0323$18ac1240$aa2c6dc2@robert> <32E73CE7.3D37@eecs.harvard.edu> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970130214705.2034A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: on-ramp.ior.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: N Fung <nfung@typhoon.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970130214705.2034A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35063 On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, N Fung wrote: : :On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, daniel b giffin wrote: : :> just a note in case anyone else might have a problem like mine with the :> 3c509-combo. i couldn't get anything to work until i realized that, :> despite the card/driver's pretensions to an "autoselect" feature, :> freebsd thought i wanted to use the BNC interface instead of 10BaseT ... :> the fix was to use the DOS config program to set the card to 10BaseT :> instead of automatic. : :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. : :N. Fung Strange, I took a 3c509b, plug it in and it came right up using 10baseT, I haven't tried anything else, but I was actually supprised it worked after having to do the boot to dos thing for linux boxes. It was a used card which my account for a lot in this but I do know it was still in plug and pray when I put it in Jesse Hires Technical Support Supervisor Internet On-Ramp, Inc Spokane:(509)624-RAMP Coeur D'Alene:(208)ON-RAMP-5 I used to have a grip on life ....but then the handle broke Now I have a really really good grip on nothing at all